ST. LOUIS (AP) – A new study suggests that a community’s affluence plays a role in determining a person’s municipal court experience. Saint Louis University conducted an exit poll of 753 people leaving courts in 13 St. Louis County municipalities. Results were released Tuesday. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the poll found that both…
BENTON, Mo. (AP) – A man has been charged after police say he used a handgun as a hammer while working on a project at a southeast Missouri elementary school. A probable-cause statement from the Scott County Sheriff’s Department said that 45-year-old Jeffrey Grubbs was volunteering at a 4-H event Monday at Kelly Elementary School…
( KTRS ) A man has been arrested for a fatal shooting that took place over the weekend. Schron Jackson, with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police department, reports that 22 yr old Adonnis Smith has been charged with 1st degree murder and armed criminal action, in connection with the fatal shooting of 35 yr old…
( KTRS ) Homicide detectives are investigating another fatal shooting. Fox 2 news reports that Police were called to North St. Louis around 6 pm for a shooting on Pendleton Ave, near Evans. Authorities say one man was shot killed. An investigation is ongoing. This brings the unofficial homicide number, for the city of St. Louis,…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) – A former employee with the Missouri Department of Social Services has pleaded guilty to a fraud charge in connection to the misuse of over $52,000 in food-stamp benefits. The Southeast Missourian (http://bit.ly/1Rz1wjX ) reported Thursday that Pamela O’Dell pleaded guilty to mail fraud. Court documents say O’Dell was employed as…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – The St. Louis County police board has voted to reinstate a lieutenant at the center of racial profiling allegations three years ago and demote him to patrolman. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1WJ8VBA ) reports that the board voted 4-0 to reinstate Lt. Patrick “Rick” Hayes in a closed session Monday. Former…
(KTRS) – The search is on for the suspect who broke into a Fenton-area pawn shop overnight. St. Louis County police say the burglar hit the Fenton Pawn and Jewelry in the 400 block of Gravois Road around 1 AM Wednesday. The suspect managed to run away from officers, but dropped some stolen merchandise during…
(KTRS) – Missouri has some of the lowest so-called sin taxes in the nation. A new report from the financial services provider Credio created the rankings by looking at state’s taxes on tobacco products, liquor, wine, beer, and state sales tax. Missouri benefited in the report from the lowest cigarette tax rate in the nation…
(KTRS/AP) – Kevin McDonald is the first-ever chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer for the University of Missouri. The University created the officer to help the four-campus system recover from racial protests at Columbia last year. McDonald previously served as the vice president and associate provost for diversity and inclusion at the Rochester Institution of…
