(KTRS) – A 21-year old man is accused of murdering his mother and brother. St. Louis Police were called to a home near the Ville neighborhood yesterday and found two people who been stabbed to death. They were identified at Tyra Shannon and her son Lawrence Strawbridge. Darquise Gowdy, Shannon’s older son, arrived at the…
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Carbondale, IL (KTRS) A Carbondale police officer is out of the hospital after he was shot during a pursuit over the weekend. Carbondale police said Tuesday that 26-year-old officer Trey Harris was released from the St. Louis-area hospital, where he was treated after the Sunday shooting. Details of his injuries weren’t provided, but police said…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A woman is dead following an overnight shooting in north St. Louis. Authorities say the shooting happened around 4 a.m. Wednesday in the 5200 block of Maffitt Avenue. The woman’s name hasn’t been released. There’s no word of any arrests or a motive. This brings the city’s unofficial murder count to…
( KTRS ) The state of Illinois has resumed sending vehicle registration reminder notices. The service was stopped last year due to the budget standoff. Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White says the stop-gap budget that state lawmakers passed over the summer means he can resume sending the notices. He’s also drafting legislation that would…
MARYVILLE, Mo. (AP) – A 16-year-old student from Seoul, South Korea, has drowned at the Mozingo Lake Recreation Park in northwest Missouri. Maryville public officials say Jae Won Lee, a first-year student at the Missouri Academy, drowned Monday night in the city-owned reservoir east of Maryville. The Maryville Daily Forum reports (http://bit.ly/2aqetAw ) officials continue…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Former Navy SEAL officer Eric Greitens already has a remarkable resume that includes international humanitarian trips and founding a nonprofit to help military veterans find work. Now he can add another item: Republican nominee for Missouri governor. Greitens won a hard-fought, four-way Republican primary Tuesday for the right to take…
Brentwood, MO (KTRS) Catherine Hanaway says it’s time to move forward. The former Speaker of the House expressed that during her concession speech at her watch party at the Brentwood Drury Inn. “We have to come together now. We have to support Eric Greitens. We tried to defeat him mightly, but he is our Republican nominee.”…
What began as police chasing a stolen vehicle, ended with a suspect in the hospital after an officer-involved shooting. Tuesday afternoon, police spotted a stolen vehicle and tried to pull the driver over, but the suspect sped away. Police ended the chase by suing spike strips, causing the driver to crash into a fire hydrant.…
(KTRS) – A woman and her 16-year-old son are dead, police say they were stabbed to death in north St. Louis. Fox 2 reports they were stabbed to death inside a home near the Ville neighborhood. A 22-year-old man, who could be the woman’s older son is in custody. we will have updates as more…