JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — More people are back at work in Missouri after joblessness spiked during the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. State data released Wednesday show the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped from 7% in August to 4.9% in September. But joblessness is still significantly up compared to the same time last year.…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis couple celebrated in some circles and vilified in others for waving guns at protesters near their home have pleaded not guilty to two felony charges. Mark and Patricia McCloskey appeared during a brief hearing Wednesday. The McCloskeys, who are both attorneys in their early 60s, have been charged…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The woman hit by a car in the city’s North Riverfront Neighborhood last week is identified. 37-year-old Shannell Jamison was crossing the street in the 6200 block of North Broadway shortly before midnight last Thursday when she was hit by a White Dodge Avenger. The driver fled the scene. EMS responded…
Highland, ILL (KTRS) A 35-year old Highland Illinois woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to five counts of felony fraud. Sarah Delshmitt faked breast cancer and genetic disorders to steal money from several organizations. According to court documents, beginning in October 2015 Delshmitt said she pretended to be diagnosed with muscular dystrophy to attend Camp Summit, a…
RIVERVIEW, Mo. (AP) — A man charged with murder in August in St. Louis County is dead following another shooting. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 21-year-old Demarcus Pierce was found by Riverview police Friday morning. He died Saturday at a hospital. St. Louis County police took over the investigation and are trying to determine…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The victim in Monday morning’s homicide in north city is identified. St. Louis Police say 47-year-old Bryan Wright was gunned down at around 10 o’clock in the 22-hundred block of Sullivan, in the city’s St. Louis Place neighborhood. That’s where Wright was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was later…
DESOTO, Mo. (AP) — Family members have identified four people killed in an eastern Missouri house fire as a couple, their daughter and a granddaughter. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that those killed were 76-year-old Joe Detter and his 74-year-old wife, Frances Detter; their daughter, 37-year-old Sherri Detter; and granddaughter, 18-year-old Kari Detter. Two men…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Charges are filed in Saturday afternoon’s quadruple shooting in Jennings. County Police say that 40-year-old Joseph Jones was charged Sunday with 2 counts of 1st degree murder and other crimes. Officers responded to a call in the 8800 block of Shannon Fox Circle just before 1:30. Upon arrival they found 4…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) An area man is going to prison for his role in a romance scam. The U.S. Attorney’s office says that 30-year-old Hammed Akande was sentenced Thursday to more than 5 years after pleading guilty back in March to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. Court documents say that back in…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis County Police are investigating after the body of a man was discovered Wednesday in shallow water at a South County Quarry in the 10-thousand block of Lake Bluff Drive. The man has not been positively identified, but police believe there is a chance the man was a suspect involved…