MAPLEWOOD, Mo. (AP) – A class-action lawsuit has been filed saying the city of Maplewood violates the U.S. Constitution by requiring defendants to pay cash to recall their arrest warrants. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the lawsuit was filed Tuesday by ArchCity Defenders, a nonprofit law group. According to the lawsuit, Maplewood’s municipal courts…
( KTRS ) Union employees of Shop ‘n Save have overwhelmingly approved a new three-year contract. The vote among members of United Food & Commercial Workers Local 655 was 170 to 72 in favor of the contract. A similar pact was approved a Tuesday night by union workers at Dierbergs and last week by Schnucks…
( KTRS ) Tuesday night union employees with Dierbergs supermarkets overwhelmingly approved a new three-year contract. The vote among members of United Food & Commercial Workers was 520 to 107. Local 655 began negotiations with Dierbergs and Shop ‘n Save immediately following a revised contract accepted by Schnucks employees last week. Shop ‘n Save workers will…
( KTRS ) A man wanted in connection with a high speed chase that left one officer dead has been arrested. The Illinois State Police report that 34 yr old Jason Michael Stoker was apprehended late Tuesday afternoon in St. Louis. 22-year-old Officer James Brockmeyer of the Chester Police Department died on October 28th after…
( KTRS ) Two people were shot and killed in south St. Louis Tuesday afternoon, but police say they may be justifiable homicides. Police say that the 73-year-old, Bevo Mill homeowner, was in the garage when two men started to break in. Investigators say the suspects were armed and wanted to steal the man’s truck.…
( KTRS) Police are investigating after two women were shot just before midnight last night in the Benton Park West neighborhood. The double shooting happened around 11:49 p.m. Monday night in the 3400 block of Louisiana Avenue just north of Gravois Park. The current condition of the women is unknown at this time. No other…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jason Kander, who is involved in a tight race with incumbent Republican Roy Blunt in Missouri, has written a $25,000 check to the U.S. Treasury as a way of turning back questionable campaign donations. A report in the Boston Globe found that the Thornton Law Firm in…
( KTRS ) On Monday, St. Louis City employess will taking part in “racial equity training”. Maggie Crane, Spokeswoman for Mayor Slay’s office reports that the ‘Local and Regional Government Alliance on Race & Equity’ has been invited to conduct racial equity training for about 100 City department directors, commissioners and managers in City government.…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Missouri’s lowest-in-the-nation tobacco tax will rise if either of two ballot measures passes Nov. 8. Amendment 3 would add 60 cents to Missouri’s 17-cent-per-pack tobacco tax, with the money going to early childhood education. Proposition A would raise the tobacco tax 23 cents for transportation projects. In a twist, tobacco companies…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A St. Louis animal shelter operator says more than a dozen dogs died because of a virus outbreak. Stray Rescue owner Randy Grim told The St. Louis Post-Dispatch that 17 dogs – mostly puppies – died because of the distemper outbreak Saturday at Stray Rescue. Distemper is a virus that can…