COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri police chiefs say a new law banning local police from enforcing federal gun laws is making it harder to fight crime. The Kansas City Star reports the Missouri Police Chiefs Association wrote a letter to Republican state lawmakers about the law. Police chiefs say the law is confusing and has…
DETROIT (AP) — Six people have been charged in federal court with plotting to kidnap Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at her vacation home. Separately, seven more people have been charged with trying to target police and the Michigan Capitol. The FBI says in a court filing that four had planned to meet Wednesday to…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A carjacking suspect is has died after being shot by detectives in St. Louis. Police Chief John Hayden says the carjacking occurred around 11 a.m. Tuesday. About four hours later the car and the suspect were spotted. As the man emerged from a store in northwestern St. Louis he was confronted…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The death of an infant in south St. Louis is being investigated. Police were called to a home in the 3700 block of McDonald Avenue at 1:30 pm Saturday. The 5-month-old child was taken to an area hospital and pronounced deceased. The child’s name hasn’t been released. Police haven’t released any other…
Author: Glenn Fuselier Published: 12:32 AM CST December 6, 2018 (KTRS) St. Louis MO Two alleged car thieves are dead and another critically injured following a pursuit and wreck Wednesday night. St. Louis Police Chief John Hayden says officers attempted to pull over the suspect car, shots were then fired at officers and a pursuit occurred.…
By THOMAS ADAMSON PARIS (AP) — French police fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse demonstrators in Paris Saturday, as thousands gathered in the capital and staged road blockades across the nation to vent anger against rising fuel taxes and Emmanuel Macron’s presidency. Thousands of police were deployed nationwide to contain the demonstrations, including…
By SONIA PEREZ D. and MARK STEVENSON , Associated Press TECUN UMAN, Guatemala (AP) — Central Americans traveling in a mass caravan broke through a Guatemalan border fence and streamed by the thousands toward Mexican territory Friday, defying Mexican authorities’ entreaties for an orderly migration and U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats of retaliation. Arriving on…
By JIM SALTER , Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Delrish Moss, who took over as police chief in Ferguson as the town still grappled with the aftermath of Michael Brown’s death, is leaving at the end of this month. Mayor James Knowles III said Wednesday that Moss will return to Florida to care for…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Governor Mike Parson is expressing concern over the so-called police exclusion list issued by St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner. Parson said this also impacts victims of crime, “You also have victims out there and are you taking away their rights as victims on whether you’re going to prosecute.” Parson said.…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) State Senator Jamilah Nasheed is calling for a hearing on the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s so-called police exclusion list. Nasheed said she wants the Board of Aldermen’s Public Safety Committee to hold hearings into the ‘exclusion list’ of officers for whom the Circuit Attorney’s office has said it may refuse cases…