LEADWOOD, Mo. (AP) – The attorney for a man accused of killing his stepfather, a purported Ku Klux Klan leader in Missouri, says his client is innocent. Prosecutors in Missouri’s St. Francois County filed first-degree murder and other charges on Monday against 44-year-old Malissa Ann Ancona and her son, 24-year-old Paul Edward Jinkerson Jr. They’re…
( KTRS ) The Florissant City Council held a public meeting Monday night and discussed repealing a ban on pit bulls. Florissant has had an ordinance banning pit bulls within city limits since 2005. Last night, the council took public comments on a measure that would lift the restriction and another that would strengthen the…
( KTRS ) A St. Louis police officer is recovering after suffering a hand injury Monday. At first it was believed that the officer had been shot. Police Chief Sam Dotson reports that the officer was not shot, but was hurt while responding to a shooting in St. Louis County near 14th Street and Florissant…
( KTRS ) Police are investigating a possible murder-suicide in the city of Shrewsbury. Monday morning officers were called to a residence in the 7800 block of Cardinal Ridge Court for a report of a shooting. Upon arrival, they discovered two victims, each with a gunshot wound. An adult male was pronounced dead on scene.…
( KTRS ) Two people are dead after a fatal motorcycle accident on Sunday. Police report the crash took place around 3pm near the intersection of Big Bend and Highway 141. A car was traveling west on Big Bend Road, just past Highway 141, when it attempted to make a left turn onto Boly Lane.…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – An Illinois court is set to take up a motion filed by the state attorney general to halt state employee paychecks until lawmakers solve Illinois’ budget impasse. Legislators are simultaneously considering a threat by Gov. Bruce Rauner to veto one of two proposals to keep the payments going. A judge in…
( KTRS ) Fire crews in the Metro-East were working hard yesterday as a number of brush fires ignited across the area. Heavy winds and dry brush fueled the fires, that burnt for quite sometime. Crews first responded to a fire around 1:30pm Sunday afternoon near 8th street and Route 3 In Columbia,IL. Then just…
LEADWOOD, Mo. (AP) – Authorities are investigating the death of a Missouri man who identified himself as an “imperial wizard” of the Ku Klux Klan. Washington County Sheriff Zach Jacobsen told the Park Hills Daily Journal (http://bit.ly/2l2KENV ) that the body of 51-year-old Frank Ancona of Leadwood, Missouri, was found near the Big River Saturday…
( KTRS ) Police are investigating after a shooting victim arrived at an area hospital with multiple gunshot wounds. The victim, a male in his 20’s, arrived at the hospital via private transportation with gunshot wounds to the abdomen and wrist. He has been listed in critical, but stable condition. Police say the shooting took…
( KTRS) Police in North County St. Louis are searching for two suspects that robbed a Subway sandwich shop Tuesday night. Police say the suspects entered the restaurant, located at 11101 Larimore Road, around 8pm last night. One of them displayed a firearm and demanded cash from the register. After obtaining an undisclosed amount of…