JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A nonprofit group and two St. Charles County residents are suing the county over its prescription drug monitoring program. Carl Bearden, executive director of United for Missouri, said in a news release Thursday that the drug monitoring program violates citizens’ right to privacy and against unreasonable searches and seizures. St.…
St. Charles County, MO (KTRS) A three-alarm fire is to blame for destroying the main building of the Bogey Hills Country Club in St. Charles County. Firefighters from several departments responded to the blaze at around midnight. It took several hours to bring the fire under control. No one was injured in the fire.…
St. Charles County, MO (KTRS) Police are investigating after a grisly discovery in St. Charles County. Police say a passerby noticed a burning pile in a field just off of Highway 94 near Blase Station Road Monday afternoon. Firefighters responded and discovered human remains in the fire. Police are working with the medical examiner’s office…
St. Charles County, MO (KTRS) The St. Charles County Police Department is seeking the public’s help in finding a murder suspect. Irian Ochoa-Valdez is wanted in connection with a December 18th home burglary and murder in unincorporated St. Charles County. Police say Ochoa-Valdez and an accomplice, 20-year-old Eulices Jassiel Cervantes Salmeron, of Hazelwood, broke entry into…
(KTRS) – St. Charles County joined St. Louis City and County in approving a prescription drug monitoring database. The county council approved a bill that establishes the program. Councilman Joe Brazil sponsored the legislation and says this is a huge step in the fight against the heroin epidemic. Missouri remains the only state without a…
(KTRS) – The third person shot during a home invasion in St. Charles County, has died. Police say that Danny Donovan died exactly five weeks after the shooting at his father’s home. The home invasion happened August 8 when a man came into the house armed with two handguns. Daniel Donovan and the suspect started…
( KTRS ) County Council members are considering a new prescription drug monitoring program for St. Charles County. A public hearing was held Monday night to discuss creating a new measure that would allow the County to operate a program, parallel to similar programs in St. Louis city and county, designed to prevent drug abuse. Those…
St. Charles County, MO (KTRS) A group of would-be inmates are getting a chance at a new start. On Wednesday afternoon, 31 participants graduated from the St. Charles County Court Treatment program, which allows those with alcohol or drug related offenses to enroll in a year-long court supervised treatment program as an alternative to jail…
( KTRS ) The Boys & Girls Clubs of St. Charles County is donating 10,000 “drug deactivation pouches” to families in the fight against drug abuse. The organization teamed up with Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, a leading global specialty pharmaceutical company. The 10,000 pouch distribution program encourages families to become actively involved in the safe and responsible…
St. Charles County, MO (KTRS) Two are dead and one is injured following a home invasion in St. Charles County. Police say a man entered a home on Southwinds Drive at just before 4 a.m. Monday, where he confronted a resident, a young man, whom he reportedly knew. That’s when the father woke up to…