Former sheriff, Missouri senator slams shootings of police
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri state senator who’s a former sheriff is condemning violence against police and says targeting law enforcement officers is a crime of hate. Republican Sen. Mike Parson on Thursday called to rally behind law enforcement after recent fatal shootings of police in Baton Rouge and Dallas. Parson is running for…
2 killed, 1 Injured in St. Louis police chase
( KTRS ) Two people were killed and another critically injured Thursday afternoon in a fiery, three-vehicle, head-on crash that occurred during a police pursuit. The St. Louis Post Dispatch reports officers pursued the car into the city from North County. Authorities had been looking for the car since Monday, when they detected a live-streamed…
Endangered Silver Advisory issued for missing elderly man
( KTRS ) St. Louis Police have issued an Endangered Silver Advisory for a missing elderly man. 81 yr old Delmar Pyatt, left his home around 8am Thursday morning to run errands, but never came home. Pyatt is described as 5’07, 130 lbs, grey hair, brown eyes, wearing white T-shirt, blue jeans, and black shoes.…
Kinloch police invetsigating dead body found in vehicle
( KTRS ) Police in the city of Kinloch are searching for a suspect in a Thursday afternoon shooting. Around 3:20pm officers responded to a call of shots fired near the area of Monroe and Granberry. Upon the officer’s arrival, they located a deceased male in the front passenger seat of a vehicle suffering from…
GOP field challenges Democratic secretary of state dominance
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri has had only two Republican secretaries of state since World War II, and both had the last name of Blunt. The GOP is poised to make a strong run at changing that pattern this year, especially if voters also embrace the concept that people should be required to show…
Man robbed and shot in 2012 dies; case now called a homicide
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Nearly four years after a robbery in St. Louis, the case is now considered a homicide. Christopher Dutton of Warrenton was shot while being robbed on Aug. 9, 2012. He died in March. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that new autopsy results show he died from “pneumonia due to a gunshot…
McCaskill, Blunt, Vilsack push for action in Washington to address Missouri opioid epidemic
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) – U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) is fed up with Missouri legislators failing to put a prescription drug monitoring system in place to curb abuse and reduce overdose deaths. “They have once again, I think for the fifth or sixth time this session, refused to take this basic step,” she said at the…
Religious Leaders Say Proposed Bill Threatens Homeless In St. Louis
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Religious leaders are teaming up to fight a proposed St. Louis measure pertaining to vending they claim would make it illegal to help the homeless. On Thursday they gathered for a luncheon followed by a press conference at Transformation Christian Church in north St. Louis to discuss Board Bill 66. Reverend…