ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) – Agents from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are joining the investigation into a fire that destroyed a St. Louis-area country club. The agency announced Monday a 24-person group was activated Sunday to help investigate a fire that broke out Feb. 16 at Bogey Hills Country Club.…
( KTRS ) Police are searching for a missing 65-year-old woman with dementia. Shirley Brown was reported missing Monday afternoon. She reportedly told a family member on Sunday evening that she was driving to Barnes-Jewish Hospital to visit a friend. Police say hospital staff didn’t see her and that she hasn’t been home since. Brown…
( KTRS ) Homicide detectives are investigating after a 17-year-old was shot and killed Monday evening in north St. Louis. Police were called to the 5000 block of Terry just after 6pm in response to a shooting. The male victim was found at the scene with a gun shot wound to the chest. He was…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri lawmakers are moving forward with proposals to end union-only contracts in public construction. Both the House and Senate on Thursday passed versions of a measure to do so. Local governments in Missouri currently have the option to issue bid requirements mandating union working conditions for contractors if the projects…
( KTRS ) A 16 yr old is currently in the custody of the Juvenile Courts following a fatal shooting and a carjacking in the Tower Grove neighborhood. The shooting happened Friday in the 3800 block of Juniata Street. The teen boy is being held on second-degree murder, robbery and armed criminal action charges. He…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay will return to private practice once he concludes his final term in office. On Wednesday, the law firm Spencer Fane LLP announced that Slay will join its downtown practice in May. “As citizens of St. Louis who are also fortunate to call Mayor Slay a colleague and…
( KTRS ) Two men have been arrested after robbing a man during a daylight drug deal. Police say the drug deal/robbery took place at 5pm Sunday in the Chesterfield Mall parking lot. When the man who wanted to buy drugs met them in the parking lot, the suspects displayed a handgun and demanded his…
( KTRS ) The Florissant City Council held a public meeting Monday night and discussed repealing a ban on pit bulls. Florissant has had an ordinance banning pit bulls within city limits since 2005. Last night, the council took public comments on a measure that would lift the restriction and another that would strengthen the…
( KTRS ) A St. Louis police officer is recovering after suffering a hand injury Monday. At first it was believed that the officer had been shot. Police Chief Sam Dotson reports that the officer was not shot, but was hurt while responding to a shooting in St. Louis County near 14th Street and Florissant…
( KTRS ) Police are investigating a possible murder-suicide in the city of Shrewsbury. Monday morning officers were called to a residence in the 7800 block of Cardinal Ridge Court for a report of a shooting. Upon arrival, they discovered two victims, each with a gunshot wound. An adult male was pronounced dead on scene.…