ST. LOUIS (AP) – Some charter schools in St. Louis are starting to worry that their increased popularity is making it difficult for them to stay accessible to low-income students. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports City Garden Montessori, Lafayette Preparatory Academy and The Biome are all working on creating income integration programs specifically for charter…
( KTRS ) Police are reporting that a pedestrian was struck and killed Monday evening. Little information has been released about the incident. Police are only saying that it took place around 5:45 pm near the intersection of N. Kingshighway and Vernon Ave. One male victim was hit by a vehicle and died at the…
( KTRS ) Homicide detectives have been requested to investigate an incident in north St. Louis. Police report that a black male was found unconscious and unresponsive at the scene, in 2500 block of N. 21st St around 9:45 pm Monday night. The investigation is ongoing. No further details have been released.
( KTRS ) Police are investigating after a teen was shot while riding in a vehicle. Authorities say the teen was shot around 11:20 Sunday night, somewhere in the area of East Carrie Ave and West bound I-70. He was taken to an area hospital and listed in critical but stable condition. No further details…
( KTRS ) The St. Louis County Police Department has issued an Endangered Person Advisory for a missing man. Police say 40 yr old Thomas Price III went missing Sunday evening around 7pm. He was last seen leaving a care facility on Rathford drive around 7pm. Police report that Price is known to be violent…
( KTRS ) Homicide detectives are investigating after a body was found early Sunday morning. Police report the body was found just before 8 am in an alley near Kingshighway and I-70 in north St. Louis. The victim is a male and believed to be in his 60’s and had head trauma. At this time…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – St. Louis police say a 20-year-old man is charged in an attack on a 12-year-old girl who was found in a vacant house. Police say Tyrone Butler Jr. of St. Louis was charged Saturday with kidnapping, armed criminal action, assault and sodomy. He is being held on $500,000 bail. The St.…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Inauguration Day is being met with protests throughout the country, including here in St. Louis. The group “Occupy St.Louis” is scheduled to hold a demonstration from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. at the intersection of Skinker and Lindell. The St. Louis Solidarity Network will hold a protest at five this…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – St. Louis police say a 79-year-old man fatally shot the assistant manager of an apartment for the elderly after accusing her of stealing his money. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the shooting happened Thursday in an office at the Lafayette Towne senior housing complex. Police Lt. John Greene says the man…
( KTRS ) The city of Ferguson has announced that there are now two candidates running for Mayor. The small city on St. Louis’ north side, was thrown into the national and international spotlight back in 2014, following the fatal police shooting of 18 yr old Michael Brown. At the time Mayor James Knowles III…