ST. LOUIS (AP) – Ferguson is closer to resolving a civil rights lawsuit with the U.S. Justice Department. The City Council in the St. Louis suburb where the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown sparked unrest gave a first reading Tuesday to a measure that would approve an agreement with the Justice Department. The deal…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will make a campaign stop later this week in St. Louis. The G-O-P frontrunner is scheduled to speak at the Peabody Opera House in downtown St. Louis at noon on Friday. This will be followed by another campaign event for Trump in Chicago on Friday evening. These…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A man is dead following a shooting in north St. Louis. Police say the victim was found in a crashed vehicle on on Labadie Avenue and Whittier Street Monday afternoon. There’s no word of any arrests or a motive. The victim’s name hasn’t been released. This brings the city’s murder count to…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A Missouri law that protects children from abuse by other children has spurred hundreds of hotline calls since it was enacted in August. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1X77YTJ ) reports that the law mandates the Children’s Division to perform family assessments when it receives child abuse hotline calls alleging inappropriate sexual…
( KTRS ) The Ferguson City Council is expected to reconsider approving a deal to overhaul the city’s police and court systems, a move that could help the St. Louis suburb end a costly lawsuit from the U.S. Department of Justice. Mayor James Knowles III says the council is expected to give a first reading…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Efforts continue to keep the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in St. Louis. Mayor Francis Slay was joined by state and federal leaders during a Monday morning news conference, where he announced an offer to make the proposed north St. Louis site more appealing. “On Friday, I told National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director Robert Cardillo…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Several political leaders will gather in St. Louis Monday to discuss the effort to keep a federal spy agency in the city. Mayor Francis Slay will be joined by Governor Jay Nixon, Senator Roy Blunt, Congressman William Lacy Clay and others to discuss the effort to keep the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency…
(KTRS) The Coast Guard says it is responding to a fuel spill on the Mississippi River near Granite City. Authorities report that the vessel was damaged Thursday while using Lock and Dam 27. The fuel tank holds approximately 20,000 gallons and is reportedly contained inside the lock and dam. The Mississippi River is closed at Lock and…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A man is dead following an overnight shooting in Soulard. Police say the victim was shot and killed around 1:30 a.m. Thursday in a parking lot on S. 9th Street and Geyer. There’s no word of any arrests. The victim’s name hasn’t been released. This brings the unofficial murder count to…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A retrial has been set for a man whose murder conviction and death sentence were overturned in the 1991 St. Louis killings of two sisters thrown from an abandoned Mississippi River bridge. A judge on Wednesday tentatively scheduled jury selection in Reginald Clemons’ trial to begin July 18. Prosecutors say 20-year-old…