ST. LOUIS (AP) – The St. Louis childhood home of late poet Maya Angelou is up for sale. With a listed price of $159,000, the 1,100-square-foot place at 3130 Hickory St. was Angelou’s home for her first three years and, after her death in 2014 at the age of 86, was given local landmark status.…
St. Louis, MO ( KTRS ) Police continue to look for seven suspects in connection with a shooting at the Busch Stadium Metrolink station. Police say the incident began around 11 p.m. Sunday when the suspects boarded the train in the metro-east. The suspects began pestering a 51-year-old man and his 29-year-old son for…
( KTRS ) An elderly woman has died after a fire at her duplex in Ellisville. Police report that officers initially were responding to reports of a burglar alarm in the 1000 block of Ridgeway Meadow around 2 am Sunday morning. When they arrived on the scene, they saw heavy smoke coming from the home.…
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri prosecutor says he’ll seek the death penalty against a woman accused of killing a disabled man to shift attention away from her in another slaying. St. Charles County Prosecutor Tim Lohmar announced Thursday he’ll seek capital punishment against Pamela Huff. Missouri has 26 people awaiting execution, none women.…
( KTRS ) A 16-year-old boy remains in critical condition after being shot by the owner of a store he tried to rob with a fake gun. Police say the teen entered the Galaxy Balloon Shop on W. Florissant yesterday just after 11 am. After pretending to shop the boy walked up to the counter,…
( KTRS ) Police in north St. Louis are reporting a fatal collision. Authorities report that a woman died Tuesday night, just after 11 pm, after being struck by a vehicle at the intersection of Broadway and Calvary. The woman’s identity has not been released at this time. The driver of the vehicle remained at…
( KTRS ) A man is dead after being struck by a vehicle in north St. Louis. Police report the incident occurred around 8:10 p.m. Monday night at the intersection of Union Boulevard and Cote Brilliante Avenue. The driver of the vehicle stayed at the scene and waited for police and EMTs to arrive. The…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A generation after St. Louis elected its first African-American mayor, many in the black community are convinced that unchecked egos cost them the chance to regain leadership of the racially divided city. Lyda Krewson, a white alderwoman, defeated black city Treasurer Tishaura Jones by fewer than 900 votes in Tuesday’s Democratic…
( KTRS ) Authorities are investigating a shooting that took place on the Stan Musial Bridge. Police report that the victims were driving from Illinois into St. Louis around 7 am Sunday morning when several suspects in a different vehicle began shooting at them. The victims were able to flee and exited their vehicle in…
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) – A convenience store is disputing a new documentary’s claims that surveillance video suggests Michael Brown didn’t rob the store before he was fatally shot by police in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014. Filmmaker Jason Pollock tells The New York Times he believes the previously unreleased footage shows Brown trading a small amount…