ST. LOUIS (AP) – The director of a Webster University institute faces federal charges accusing her of embezzling $380,000. The office of the federal prosecutor in St. Louis says 61-year-old Deborah Pierce was the director of the Confucius Institute at Webster University. The office says the institute was funded by both the school and the…
( KTRS ) The Clayton Board of Aldermen has approved a tax abatement agreement with Centene. The agreement between the Medicaid managed care company and Clayton, knocks 40 percent off real property taxes on the new buildings planned along Forsyth Boulevard in downtown Clayton. The vote came despite opposition from some residents, who complaints included…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Boeing Co. says it plans to move about 2,500 positions to other sites, cut 500 jobs, and close two facilities by the end of 2020 as part of an effort to operate its Defense, Space & Security business more efficiently. The company said Tuesday that about 1,600 positions currently in Huntington…
WENTZVILLE, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri father is facing child abuse charges after allegedly shoving his fingers down his infant son’s throat to make the baby stop crying. Investigators say 19-year-old Robert Burnette of Wentzville also threw his 6-week-old son onto a bed, violently shook him and picked him up by the back of his…
( KTRS ) Authorities have issued an Endangered person advisory for a missing 56 yr old woman. Missing is Kerry Lee Brueggeman, she was last seen around 12:30pm Monday afternoon in her room at the Tesson Heights Senior Living Center. Police say Kerry has been diagnosed with schizo-affective disorder, needs a walker or wheelchair to…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Democratic Congressman William Lacy Clay says the election of Donald Trump as president should have no impact on the settlement agreement between the city of Ferguson and the U.S. Department of Justice. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Clay spoke Thursday at a St. Louis forum on criminal justice reform. He…
( KTRS ) Authorities are investigating after a 5-year-old child was shot in north St. Louis. Police say It happened shortly before 1 pm Sunday afternoon, in the 2500 block of North Grand. Investigators say the boy was taken to a hospital in stable condition. No further details have been released. An investigation is ongoing.
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Authorities say dozens of people have been treated in downtown St. Louis over several days after apparently overdosing on a synthetic cannabis-like drug. St. Louis Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson tells the St. Louis Post-Dispatch most of the people appeared to be homeless and were in the areas of New Life Evangelistic…
( KTRS ) According to a video on Facebook, the distemper outbreak at Stray Rescue of St. Louis is not over. Thursday afternoon, in a Facebook video, Stray Rescue Owner Randy Grim said that the shelter had lost 2 more dogs to distemper, bringing the total number of deaths to 23. He added that further testing…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The man found fatally shot in an SUV on Interstate 55 in St. Louis was the owner of a popular Irish bar. Pat McVey, owner of Maggie O’Brien’s Restaurant & Irish Pub in downtown St. Louis, was found shortly before 6 p.m. Wednesday in a Ford Explorer on the side of…