( KTRS ) A bill moving through the Missouri Senate would change the state’s sentencing guidelines to eliminate the mandatory sentence of life in prison for minors convicted of first-degree murder. Lawmakers have endorsed changing the guidelines to bring them into line with a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that found mandatory life sentences for minors…
MOUNT CARMEL, Ill. (AP) – The operator of an Illinois oil pipeline is reporting 1,150 barrels of diesel fuel has spilled, resulting in the pollution of at least one river. Marathon Pipe Line LLC says the equivalent of about 48,300 gallons of fuel has leaked from a pipeline near Mount Carmel in southern Illinois. In…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Votes would be asked to change the Illinois Constitution to declare that the state should be responsible for the majority of public school funding under a measure that advanced in the state House. Republicans on a House education panel that approved the proposal Monday were skeptical of the idea and say…
( KTRS ) Police say that five teenagers have been charged as juveniles with felony assault after they say the teens attacked a runner on a park trail in St. Louis with tree branches. Authorities said Monday that five boys, ranging in age from 13 to 16, were arrested and turned over to juvenile authorities.…
(KTRS) – The St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office is examining the fatal police shooting of Mansur Ball-Bey. Police say that in August 2015 officers were serving a search warrant at a home when Ball-Bey ran out of the back door of the home. Officers say that Ball-Bey then pointed a gun at them before they…
(KTRS) – Southeast Missouri State University is preparing to add a new sorority for the first time in more than 20 years. Officials say the average sorority chapter has increased in size by more than 25% in the last two years. The school has not selected the new sorority. Representatives of Delta Zeta, Alpha Omicron…
(KTRS) – One suspect is in custody after a bi-state car chase ended in north county. The incident began when the driver allegedly hit an Illinois Department of Conservation officer. After a chase than lasted more than 50 miles, police managed to puncture his tires and arrested the man. Police say the man was also…
(KTRS) – Prosecutors say that the former president of the Ethical Society of Police defrauded the group for more than $80,000. Darren Randal Wilson was a sergeant in the Ferguson police department, but is not related to the officer with the same name who shot and killed Michael Brown. Investigators say that Wilson used the…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The former president of the St. Louis Law Enforcement Agency Association has been indicted on fraud charges. Darren Randal Wilson was indicted on multiple fraud charges involving his misappropriation of over $80,000 from the Ethical Society of Police, an association of black St. Louis police officers. The indictment alleges that between…