St. Louis MO (KTRS) The wife of Missouri Ku Klux Klan leader, Frank Ancona Jr. admits to fatally shooting her husband. Forty-seven-year old Malissa Ancona of Leadwood MO pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree murder, tampering with evidence and abandonment of a corpse in the 2017 killing of Ancona. She was sentenced to life in prison…
St. Francois County, MO (KTRS) A suspect is dead after an officer involved shooting in St. Francois County. The Missouri Highway Patrol reports that officers were conducting a drug raid at a residence early Tuesday morning. Upon entering the residence, police say the suspect moved toward the front door, holding a rifle. According to the…
BISMARCK, MO (AP) — Authorities are investigating a woman’s death in southeast Missouri as a homicide. KFVS-TV reports that the 67-year-old woman was found dead Sunday afternoon in her home in the St. Francois County town of Bismarck. Police and the sheriff’s department say evidence at the scene indicates the death was a homicide. A person…
FARMINGTON, MO (KTRS) For years, police departments nationwide have become involved with their communities through programs such as Shop With A Cop. Local police go shopping with disadvantaged youngsters to make their holidays a little brighter. Police in St. Francois County held their 25th year of Shop With A Cop Friday, Dec. 15.. One Farmington officer,…
Farmington, MO (KTRS) A county commissioner race in St. Francois Couny is getting a do-over after the contest ended in a tie. Initial results showed that incumbent District 1 Associate Commissioner Gay Wilkinson defeated challenger Linda Black by a single vote in the Republican primary, 1,588 to 1,587. Black requested a recount. Authorities say that…