ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police say an 8-year-old girl has been killed and three others injured in a shooting near a high school in St. Louis. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the shooting happened about 8 p.m. Friday outside Harold’s Chop Suey restaurant in the city’s Academy neighborhood. Police Chief John Hayden said the girl…
Illinois State Trooper dies — shot while serving warrant in East St. Louis
An attempt to serve a warrant in East St. Louis early Friday morning leaves an Illinois State Trooper shot dead. Police say the trooper was shot while trying to serve a warrant at a home in the 1400 block of North 42nd Street. The 33-year old trooper was rushed to St. Louis University Hospital where…
63-Year-Old Man Charged in Deaths of Man and Woman Found in Bed of Pickup Truck
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A 63-year-old man is charged with killing two people whose bodies were found in a pickup truck parked in north city Friday night. Willie Little was charged yesterday with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of armed criminal action. The bodies of 41-year-old Toni Washburn and 62-year-old Mark Kuhlenberg,…
Critics of Missouri abortion law sue over referendum failure
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Abortion-rights advocates on Thursday sued Missouri’s top election official, alleging his actions and state laws denied them the right to put one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion laws to a public vote. No Bans on Choice Committee and the American Civil Liberties Union sought to put the law on the…
Lawyers seek exam for man charged in Ole Miss student death
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Lawyers for a man charged with killing a University of Mississippi student withdrew their request Thursday for a judge to set bail, instead seeking a psychiatric evaluation. Defense lawyer Tony Farese said after the brief hearing that lawyers had obtained new information Wednesday about Brandon Theesfeld. The Fort Worth, Texas man…