St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Vice-President Mike Pence is coming to the Gateway City. The nonprofit organization, America First Policies announced that Pence is scheduled to speak at an event on Thursday touting the administration’s tax cuts. The event will be held at the St. Louis Marriott Grand Hotel in downtown St. Louis. Pence is also scheduled…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) District 78 Democratic State Representative Bruce Franks is speaking out in response to Tuesday’s ribbon cutting for the new Gateway Arch Park. He hosted an all-inclusive ribbon cutting Friday afternoon, featuring Susan Saarinen – daughter of Gateway Arch Architect, Eero Saarinen. Saarinen stated that her father, “wanted to create a beautiful…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) After a 4-year hiatus, the Fair St. Louis Airshow is back. Captain Steve Gustafson of the Aeroshell Aerobatic Team noted, “We’ve been as far south as El Salvador Central America, Acapulco, to Nova Scotia Canada, Abbotsford Canada… all over everywhere. And we’re glad to be back in St. Louis.” Fair St. Louis…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The newly renovated Gateway Arch Museum and Visitors Center is officially open. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held this Tuesday morning to mark the completion of the five-year project. Hundreds of tourists and St. Louisans braved the heat to see this moment in history. Senator Roy Blunt was among the honorary dignitaries…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for three drug-related killings. The U.S. Attorney’s office in St. Louis on Wednesday announced the sentencing of 27-year-old Jacobi Temple in the March 2015 deaths of James Lacey, Paige Schaefer and Tammie Thurmond. Temple pleaded guilty to conspiracy to…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The owner of a corner store in St. Louis has died two years after he was shot, and police are classifying his death as a homicide. Maher Jaouni was behind the counter of Sam’s St. Louis Packing Co. when he was shot on June 9, 2016, as part of an ongoing…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A national gathering in St. Louis in September will focus on election security. Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft announced this week that the National Election Security Summit will be Sept. 10-11. Participants will include national, state and local election authorities, who will be joined by officials from the U.S. Department…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) One person is dead and two are injured following a shooting outside of a midtown bar. Police say shots were fired outside of the Olive Bar in the 3000 block of Olive late Sunday night. One man was killed. Two other men who were hit in the gunfire are said to be…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Dangerous heat is in the forecast. An excessive heat warning has been issued for the St. Louis area from noon Friday until 8 p.m. Monday. The National Weather Service is calling for temperatures to reach into at least into the upper 90’s with heat index values to up to 107. This has…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Missouri’s new governor just wrapped up his two-day state listening tour. Governor Mike Parson’s last stop on Wednesday was in St. Louis at the city’s Cortex Innovation District. Parson spoke with business and community leaders on a number of issues, including education, infrastructure, and the state’s workforce development. “It’s the same…