( KTRS ) Authorities have identified a man whose body was found in the Mississippi River at St. Louis. Police say the victim was 39-year-old Carlos White of north St. Louis County. Barge workers saw the body floating about 8:45 a.m. Wednesday, and firefighters pulled the body from the river. The cause of death has…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A man is dead following an early morning shooting in south St. Louis. Authorities say the victim was gunned down at just before 5 a.m. Thursday along Grand and Montana. There’s no word on a motive or of any arrests. The victim’s name hasn’t been released. This brings the St. Louis…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – After operating a nursing home facility in St. Louis for 147 years, the Little Sisters of the Poor are ending their affiliation. A spokesman for the St. Louis Archdiocese said Wednesday that the order no longer has enough nuns to staff the residence on the city’s north side, though the nuns…
Attorneys for the officials that oversaw the grand jury investigation after Michael Brown’s death, have asked a federal judge to withhold the “grisly” photos of the 18-year-old’s body, saying they’re worried they could prompt violence if leaked. The St. Louis County police and prosecutor made that request in a court filing, earlier this week, related to a wrongful-death…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A St. Louis man has been sentenced to three years in prison for causing the accident that killed a pregnant 15-year-old passenger in his car. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 21-year-old Bryan Green pleaded guilty Monday to armed criminal action and second-degree manslaughter. The accident happened March 6, 2014, when Green’s…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – Former two-term state Sen. Betty Sims of St. Louis County, a Republican who championed efforts to improve the health of women and children, has died. Sims’ daughter Molly Sims Weber told The Associated Press that Sims died Monday of complications due to pancreatitis. She was 80. Sims served in the Senate…
