ST. LOUIS (AP) – A girl has left the hospital in good health less than a week after nearly drowning in a swimming pool at a St. Louis Park. Fire Capt. Garon Mosby tells the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1Xoy3RQ ) that the 6-year-old girl was unresponsive when another swimmer found her in the water at…
( KTRS) Residents are urged to be careful out there as the heat advisory for St. Louis has been extended through Thursday evening. Forecasts are calling for highs in the 90s and high humidity over the next several days, increasing the risk of heat-related stress and illness. The St. Louis Health Department urges residents to…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A nonprofit group supporting consolidation of government in St. Louis city and St. Louis County has issued a final report, saying fragmentation has created an “us vs. them” mentality in the region. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Better Together St. Louis says the lack of unity has had three bad…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A St. Louis public defender is accusing a circuit attorney of violating Missouri Supreme Court rules by withholding information about crime victims and witnesses. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce’s office and her prosecutors have stripped the telephone numbers, Social Security numbers, birth dates and addresses of victims…
( KTRS ) Authorities continue to investigate a 12 hour standoff between police and a man that held 2 people hostage. The standoff began Sunday when a caller told police a man was making meth in the garage. Police reported Monday that the 53-year-old suspect showed a shotgun and refused to leave. That led to…
( KTRS ) St. Louis police plan to increase their presence at PrideFest events this month in the aftermath of the fatal shootings in Orlando, Florida. Fifty people died in the shooting early Sunday morning. In a statement, organizers of the St. Louis event say PrideFest will go on as planned June 24 through June…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A women’s basketball player at a university in St. Louis has filed a lawsuit against the school, saying she was wrongly accused of drug possession and suspended for a year after denying a dean’s sexual advances. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1XTo6wC ) reports that Brittany Jackson filed the lawsuit against Harris-Stowe…
