ST. LOUIS (AP) – Saint Louis University officials say its law school is trying to redefine itself after it moving locations, facing personnel issues and experiencing enrollment decline. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that three years ago, Dean Annette Clark abruptly resigned over anger at being left out of important decisions, such as the school’s…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Bond has been set at $1 million for a former St. Louis police officer charged with first-degree murder in a 2011 shooting of a 24-year-old man after a chase. A St. Louis judge set the bail amount Tuesday for Jason Stockley, who previously had been ordered held without bond. Prosecutors allege…
( KTRS ) St. Louis County Police have issued an Endangered Person Advisory for a missing man. Authorities report that 25-year-old Marquise Lewis left his home on Cranberry Lane Monday night following an argument and hasn’t been seen or heard from since. Police say Lewis suffers from schizophrenia and doesn’t have his medication. Meaning he…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The city of St. Louis has a new tool for fighting prescription drug abuse. On Tuesday, St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay signed a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program into law. “People who died from heroin in the city of St. Louis last year ranged from the ages of 19 to 68. Drug…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – St. Louis’ police chief is calling the city’s judges too lenient with defendants in alleged gun crimes, insisting those on the bench “are accountable to virtually no one.” Chief Sam Dotson offered that criticism in his official blog in a posting Monday titled “A Sane Rant for a Crazy System: Part…
( KTRS ) Police say they have a suspect in custody related to a fatal Memorial day shooting at a Schnucks. Monday afternoon, around 12:45 p.m. North County officers responded to the Sierra Vista Plaza, Schnucks, for a report of a shooting. Upon arrival a 24 yr old man, found suffering from at least one…
( KTRS ) Mayor Francis Slay will sign into law today a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program within the City of St. Louis. Officials say that ‘Board Bill 36’ will allow the City and St. Louis County, which recently enacted a PDMP ordinance there, to work together to form a cohesive system. This local action follows…
( KTRS ) Members of the Lindbergh community united around the hashtag “LindberghCares” are planning a sit in today at Lindbergh High School’s Central office. LindberghCares is a hashtag started online by a student at the school. It was created in efforts to centralize the disdain some in the community feel about the current treatment…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Jason Hammel pitched 7 1-3 stingy innings and had a two-run double in the Chicago’s six-run first as the Cubs went on to rout the St. Louis Cardinals 12-3 on Tuesday night. Michael Wacha (2-5) gave up a career-worst eight runs in four innings and has lost five consecutive decisions…
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) – Ferguson’s city attorney says she’s stepping down, just a few weeks after the St. Louis suburb engulfed in racial unrest since Michael Brown’s 2014 death announced they were looking to replace her as local prosecutor. Stephanie Karr announced her resignation Monday in writing, calling the decision her own. Karr has been…