CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — Eastern Missouri prosecutors have refiled a felony terrorist threat charge against a man accused of livestreaming threats to bomb and kill people while he was dressed up as the Batman villain known as The Joker. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that prosecutors refiled the charge on Friday against 50-year-old Jeremy Garnier,…
(KTRS) – The University City Police Department has issued an endangered silver advisory for a missing adult. Police say Henry Powell, 74, was reported missing from his residence in the 11-hundred block of Belrue Avenue around 9 p.m. Thursday. Powell is a 5’7″, 174 pound black male with gray hair and brown eyes who was…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two men are hospitalized after separate and unrelated officer-involved shootings a few hours apart in St. Louis County. A 61-year-old man was shot by a University City officer around 6 a.m. Tuesday. A woman told police her husband was armed and making threats. She escaped the house but the man allegedly…
University City, MO (KTRS) An elderly man is dead following a house fire in University City. Firefighters were called to the burning home on Plymouth Avenue near Pennsylvania at just before 7 p.m. Thursday. After arriving, firefighters found the 82-year-old victim unresponsive. He was taken to an area hospital, where he died. The victim’s name hasn’t…
University City, MO (KTRS) The City Manager for University City is off the job. The University City Council on Tuesday night voted to suspend Lehman Walker indefinitely. Walker has been under criticism for much of the six years he has served University City. The council also authorized the hiring of a special counsel to…
University City, MO (KTRS) University City Police will get a new headquarters. The city council approved a measure Monday night to construct a new building by a 5-2 vote. This is in response to the current site being condemned after a building inspector found mold and asbestos in the building last month. According to an…
UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Loop Trolley project in the St. Louis area is now expected to cost about $51 million, $8 million more than the original estimate. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the increase is due, in part, to street paving and landscaping costs. Critics contend the cost of the 2.2-mile trolley…
University City, MO (KTRS) – A woman and two children pulled from a house fire on Roth Ave. in University City Wednesday night, have died from their injuries. University City Fire Chief Adam Long said the fire appeared to be caused by a space heater. Investigators have identified the victims as 78-year-old Mamie Williams and siblings, 6-year-old…
