St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) It’s been more than a year since the death of Michael Brown and the final resting place of the Black Lives Matter movement icon still doesn’t have a headstone. Instead, the grave at St. Peter’s Cemetery is marked only by the letters “MB” spray-painted in orange on a concrete footing…
NORMANDY, Mo. (AP) – It’s been more than 15 months since Michael Brown became a household name after a white police officer shot and killed the black 18-year-old in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson. But Brown’s fame stands in stark contrast to the relative obscurity of his gravesite. The final resting place of the…
Ferguson, MO (KTRS) Today marks the one year anniversary of a Grand Jury’s announcement not the indict then Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown. Since then, signs of hope have emerged. Some of the nearly two dozen businesses destroyed in the November 24th riots have reopened. Concrete barricades that…
( KTRS ) The city Ferguson has announced the hiring of a new city manager. According to a statement, released late Tuesday night, the city council chose De’Carlon Seewood. Seewood will fill the vacancy created when former City Manager John Shaw resigned in March following a scathing report by the U.S. Department of Justice over racial profiling…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – A St. Louis County 19-year-old is accused of assisting in the looting that followed a grand jury’s decision a year ago not to indict a Ferguson police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that prosecutors have charged Ithamar Trotter with second-degree burglary. Authorities allege Trotter…
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) – Several groups are joining together for events in Ferguson, Missouri, for the anniversary of the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown. Organizers are calling it the “Ferguson Uprising Commemoration Weekend.” Plans announced Monday include a silent march starting at 11 a.m. Aug. 9 from Canfield Drive, the site of the shooting,…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A police interview with a key witness was not provided along with the thousands of documents released after a grand jury decided to not indict a Ferguson police officer in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown. An Associated Press review of the records released by St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Bob…
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — A St. Louis civic group that promotes downtown businesses has told its members that the grand jury considering charges in the Ferguson police shooting case hasn’t reached a decision. Downtown STL Inc. told members in an email Saturday that the grand jury will reconvene Monday to continue deliberating whether charges are…