St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A man is in prison after pleading guilty to charges related to the 2015 shooting of a St. Louis police officer. 27-year-old Walter Saddler was sentenced on Friday to 15 years for First Degree Assault on a Law Enforcement Officer, and other charges. The incident occurred in the 4300 block of…
By AMY TAXIN , Associated Press RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A California couple who shackled some of their 13 children to beds and starved them pleaded guilty Friday to torture and other abuse in a case dubbed a “house of horrors.” David and Louise Turpin pleaded guilty Friday in Riverside County Superior Court to 14…
Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) Former Governor Eric Greitens has been subpoenaed to give a deposition in a Sunshine Law case. The subpoena was at the request of Elad Gross, who is seeking a run for Missouri Attorney General in 2020. He filed the lawsuit against the Governor Mike Parson’s Office in October. The newest subpoena in…
BAGHDAD (AP) — Islamic State fighters facing defeat in Syria are slipping across the border into Iraq, where they are destabilizing the country’s fragile security, U.S. and Iraqi officials say. Hundreds — likely more than 1,000 — IS fighters have crossed the open, desert border in the past six months, defying a massive operation by…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Bi-State Development is welcoming a new member to its Board of Commissioners. The agency announced yesterday that Herbert Simmons has been appointed to its Board. Simmons, Director of the St. Clair County Emergency Management Agency, replaces Jeffrey Watson whose board term had expired. In his role as Director of St. Clair…
Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) President Donald Trump says he has appointed Missouri Governor Mike Parson to the Council of Governors. The panel of U.S. governors advises the U.S. Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the White House Homeland Security Council on issues related to the National Guard and national defense, U.S. homeland security,…
O’Fallon, MO (KTRS) U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta and Missouri’s U.S. Senator Roy Blunt visited an information technology company in O’Fallon, Missouri on Thursday to promote a program aimed at helping military veterans with employment opportunities. Winning Technologies is a recipient of the 2018 HIRE Vets Medallion Platinum Award for its participation in the program.…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) An elderly man is dead after a house fire in north St. Louis. Firefighters were called to the burning home in the 3800 block of North 22th Street at just after 2 a.m. Thursday. Firefighters were able to rescue the 92-year-old victim, but he died after being rushed to the hospital. The…
CHICAGO, IL (AP) — The whispers about “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett started with reports that he had not fully cooperated with police after telling authorities he was attacked in Chicago by two men who hurled racist, anti-gay slurs and looped a rope around his neck. Then detectives in a city bristling with surveillance cameras could…
Bridgeton, MO (KTRS) Arlington, Virginia based Leonardo DRS Inc. is expanding locally. A groundbreaking ceremony was held in Bridgeton Wednesday for a new $32M engineering development and light manufacturing facility. The new facility will accommodate the company’s growing Land Systems line of business. U.S. Representative Ann Wagner, Bridgeton Mayor, Terry Briggs and Vice President and…