Ballwin, MO (KTRS) The Ballwin Police Department has released the identity of the officer who was shot during a traffic stop on Friday. The injured officer has been identified as 31-year-old Mike Flamion. He joined the Ballwin Police Department in 2014. Flamion previously served as an officer with the DeSoto Police Department for 7 years.…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has signed a bill into law that will restrict access to video from police car dashboard and body cameras. Nixon signed legislation Friday that will restrict public access to video footage until investigations are finished. It also allows recordings in nonpublic areas to be restricted except…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Just because Illinois lawmakers approved a stopgap budget doesn’t necessarily mean that motorists will again receive reminders in the mail that it’s time to renew their license plate registrations. The stopgap budget approved last week provides $35 million to cover the Secretary of State’s operations through December but The Pantagraph in…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Two people are dead following two separate shootings overnight in south St. Louis. Police say three people were gunned down on Folsom near Spring at just before 1 a.m . One of those victims died. There’s no word on the conditions of the surviving victims. About an hour later, a man…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) An overnight fire is to blame for damaging a north city market where two men were fatally shot on the Fourth of July. Firefighters were called to Moma Minnie’s Market on Page and Pendleton at just before 2 a.m. Friday. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Meanwhile, police are…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson is taking precautions for his officers in response to the sniper attacks on police in Dallas. Dotson tweeted that “Due to events unfolding in Dallas, Texas, effectively immediately, all on-duty officers will work in pairs until further notice. No police officers, park rangers or marshals will…
Dallas, TX (AP) – Police Chief David Brown says a suspect in the overnight attack that killed five police officers, wounded seven others and wounded two civilians said he was upset over the recent police shootings of black men and wanted to kill white people. Brown said at a news conference Friday that the suspect…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Senate’s top Democrat has stepped down to take an administrative judgeship. Senate Minority Leader Joe Keaveny resigned Thursday. Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon announced he’s been named a St. Louis workers’ compensation administrative law judge. Those judges can approve settlements and issue awards after hearings on injured workers’ benefits.…
