ST. LOUIS (AP) – A 43-year-old Chicago man has been sentenced to 35 years in federal prison for kidnapping a female Southeast Missouri State University student. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (bit.ly/1QMIHyM ) reports that a federal judge in St. Louis sentenced Jeffery M. Lazier on Monday. Lazier previously pleaded guilty to one felony count of…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Two small cities in suburban St. Louis have scrapped certain municipal court fees in response to critical state audits. Missouri Auditor Nicole Galloway on Tuesday released audits of the Foristell and St. Ann courts. Her office found that Foristell, located in St. Charles and Warren counties, assessed a “potentially improper” $100…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A century-old confessional door has been stolen from a historic south St. Louis Catholic church. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports (http://bit.ly/1U3WRcs ) that police are investigating the theft of the door, which was stolen on Sunday or Monday from St. Francis de Sales Oratory. The Rev. Canon Andrew Todd, a vicar…
( KTRS ) The National Recreation and Park Association is partnering with Great Rivers Greenway and the City of Wellston to build a new park. The new park – named Trojan Park, is part of the NRPA’s annual Parks Build Community initiative. Officials say it will be located on the southwest corner of Skinker and…
( KTRS ) A 20 yr old man has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting that happened in June. St. Louis County Police spokeswoman Schron Jackson reports that Rashid Williams is facing several charges including 1st Degree Murder. On June 28th, officers responded to a call for a “shooting” in the 6000 block…
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Evgeny Medvedev scored on a wrist shot with 3:13 left to lift the Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-3 comeback victory over the St. Louis Blues on Monday night. Wayne Simmonds had a pair of goals and Chris VandeVelde also scored for Philadelphia, which enters a five-day Christmas break with eight wins in…
( KTRS ) Police in St. Louis County say that a 15-year-old has turned himself in following a 3-year-old boy’s shooting death. Police spokesman Shawn McGuire says the toddler was shot in the abdomen Monday morning at a home in the 1600 Block of Emerald Creek Drive, near Florissant, and died later at a local…
( KTRS ) A local Hockey Coach for has been charged with sexual exploitation of a Minor. Authorities report that the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office has issued charges against 39 yr old Ian Mackie, of Ballwin, for one count of Attempted Sexual Exploitation of a Minor and one count of Attempted Possession of…
( KTRS ) A St. Louis police officer who fatally shot 18-year-old VonDerrit Myers Jr. last fall has resigned after police opened an investigation into whether he was drunk when crashed his squad car. Police spokeswoman Schron Jackson reports that officer Jason Flanery was driving his patrol car Saturday morning when he struck a parked…
