WELDON SPRING, Mo. (AP) — Authorities said a hiker was accidentally shot by a turkey hunter in St. Charles County on Saturday. St. Charles County Police Department spokeswoman Val Joyner said the shooting appears to be “a really bad accident.” The shooting happened around 12:30 p.m. Saturday on the Lewis and Clark Trail in the…
WENTZVILLE, Mo. (AP) — A Wentzville police officer shot and wounded a 21-year-old man after a car chase late Saturday. The shooting happened after a state trooper tried to stop a vehicle heading south on Highway 61 around 11:45 p.m. Saturday. Wentzville Police said an officer who responded noticed a second car that appeared to…
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — Two eastern Missouri restaurants have filed a lawsuit challenging an emergency order that closes bars and restaurants at 11 p.m. to stop the spread of the coronavirus. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Tony’s on Main in St. Charles and Shamrock’s Pub and Grill in St. Peters argued in court…
O’Fallon, MO (KTRS) A man is dead after an officer-involved shooting in O’Fallon, Missouri. Police say around 11:45 a.m. Friday, an officer responded with a mental health professional for a “mental health follow-up” at the home of 64-year-old Dale Weich. Upon arrival at the residence in the 1000 block of Mission Hills Drive, police say…
St. Charles County, MO (KTRS) A missing person advisory is in effect for a St. Charles County teen. Police say 17-year-old Savannah Lee Dalske hasn’t been seen since last Thursday. Savannah is believed to have her white pet dog with her. Police also say she may be traveling toward the state of Tennessee with a male…
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s third-largest county has filed a lawsuit against pharmaceutical manufacturers and drug distributors, accusing them of causing the drug epidemic through aggressive and fraudulent marketing of prescription opioids. Officials in St. Charles County filed the suit Monday, seeking compensatory and punitive damages. The lawsuit says the County spends millions of…
St. Charles County, MO (KTRS) The Missouri Highway Patrol is investigating after a pedestrian was struck and killed by a police cruiser in St. Charles County. Investigators say at just after 10 p.m.Wednesday, the St. Charles County Police officer was traveling westbound on Interstate 70 in his patrol vehicle when he struck a pedestrian walking…
O’Fallon, MO (KTRS) The search is on after the mysterious disappearance of a father from St. Charles County. Police say 39-year-old Adam Tumbrink of O’Fallon hasn’t been seen since Tuesday. His vehicle was found in a parking lot on Highway K near I-64 on Thursday, with his cellphone inside. Anyone with any information is urged to…
St. Charles County, MO (KTRS) — A man is dead after a weather-related crash in St. Charles County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports that 22-year-old Roy D. Alonso Villa of Winfield was killed Saturday morning on Highway 79 south of Route Y near O’Fallon. The patrol says Villa was traveling southbound on the snow-covered road…
West Alton, MO (KTRS) Two suspects are being sought in connection with a carjacking and an accident in St. Charles County. Police say the male suspects were traveling a stolen Toyota Avalon at a high rate of speed late Tuesday morning when they crashed into another vehicle on Highway 67 and 94 in West Alton. Several…