( KTRS ) A Mississippi River lock and dam north of St. Louis is closed after a towboat spilled more than 2,000 gallons of diesel while passing through the lock. The spill happened Wednesday at Lock and Dam 25 near Winfield, about 45 miles north of St. Louis. The cause of the spill is under…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – St. Louis Cardinals All-Star second baseman Matt Carpenter left a game Wednesday night against the Pittsburgh Pirates with a right oblique injury. Carpenter swung awkwardly at a pitch from Jeff Locke in the bottom of the third inning. He immediately grabbed his right hip and was replaced by Kolten Wong. Carpenter,…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Police are investigating an incident in which a Baptist church in St. Louis was vandalized and set on fire. The St. Louis Dispatch (http://bit.ly/29p9Vvj ) reports that officers responded to a building alarm at Greater St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church around 2 a.m. Tuesday. Police say the building was on fire,…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The murder count continues to climb in St. Louis. Authorities say three people were killed in a shooting in the 5500 block Era Avenue in north St. Louis early Tuesday morning. Another fatal shooting was reported just south of downtown St. Louis Monday night on LaSalle. This comes after three people…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – A St. Louis County man is jailed on $250,000 cash bond after being accused of wounding a police officer during a weekend shootout that also left the man injured. Twenty-four-year-old Jared Williams of Velda City was charged Sunday with first-degree assault on a law enforcement officer, armed criminal action, first-degree child…
