Chris Smith

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  • Homicide detectives summoned to the Grand Center neighborhood

    ST. LOUIS – St. Louis police homicide detectives have been summoned to the Grand Center neighborhood Sunday night for a fatal shooting. The victim was an African-American female who was shot in the back in the 2900 block of Samuel Shephard Drive just before 7 p.m. An investigation is ongoing.

  • Highway Patrol investigating fatal accident in Ferguson

    FERGUSON, MO – The Missouri State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal accident that occurred Sunday night around just after 8:30 p.m. in Ferguson. Ferguson police officers were first to arrive on the scene, discovering a vehicle that has left the road and crashed at West Florissant Avenue and Lang Drive. The vehicle had multiple occupants that suffered injuries, with one person pronounced dead at the scene. The other occupants were transported to the hospital for treatment. Accident reconstruction is investigating […]

  • Maryland Heights officer mortally wounds man who drew weapon on officers

    MARYLAND HEIGHTS, MO- Sunday morning just after 10:30 a.m. a Maryland Heights police officer shot and killed a man while answering a call for a disturbance in the 2800 block of Briarcote Lane. Police say officers arriving on the scene were confronted by a male subject in the residence who had drawn a handgun and pointed it at the officers.  At that point, one of the officers shot and mortally wounded the man. A handgun was recovered at the scene. […]

  • AAA host walk to end distracted driving

    CHESTERFIELD, MO – A recent survey has found more than half of the drivers in the U.S. admit to using a cell phone while driving. Triple AAA teamed up with law enforcement in a campaign to curb distracted driving. Even though most drivers acknowledge that distracted driving is unsafe many can’t fight the powerful urge to text or check social media behind the wheel and the police say the results are often deadly. To encourage drivers to put down their phones while driving AAA hosted it’s […]

  • Son slashes mother, officer fires at suspect after knife is thrown at him

    WENTZVILLE, MO – Friday evening the Wentzville Police Department was dispatched to the 1800 block of Hackmann Hollow Drive for a report of a domestic dispute between and mother and her son.  Upon arrival, officers were met by a woman who had escaped the residence after being slashed by her son with a knife. Officers were then approached by the son, 24-year-old Christopher M. Cook who threw a knife at an officer.  One officer discharged his service weapon several times […]

  • Stadium-Links to turn Busch Stadium into a 9-hole golf course for 3 days in November

    ST. LOUIS – How about teeing up at Busch Stadium. Well, you’ll be able to do just that between November 1st to 3rd. Once the season ends, a one-of-a-kind golf experience will take over the infield. It’s called Stadium-Links. There will be a nine-hole golf course inside Busch Stadium for 3 days. It has been in several other stadiums, including Marlin Park in Miami. There will be nine different spots throughout the stadium where you can take shots No drivers […]

  • Skimmers found at Hazelwood gas station

    HAZELWOOD, MO – The Hazelwood Police Department along with the FBI are investigating skimmers being placed on gas pumps at a Mobil gas station. According to police 5 skimmers were found on pumps at the Mobil gas station located at 6025 Howdershell Road Wednesday. Police were alerted by management at the station that they believed skimming devices had been placed on their fuel pumps. If you believe that you have been a victim of fraud at this station, you’re urged […]

  • Blues surprise superfan Laila Anderson with Stanley Cup Championship ring

    ST. LOUIS, MO – Monday the Blues players got their Stanley Cup Championship rings and today their biggest fan got a piece of history too. Superfan Laila Anderson got another surprise from the St. Louis Blues when Alexander Steen and Colton Parayko presented Laila with a championship ring, and tears started flowing. Laila has been battling a rare and life-threatening auto-immune disease and her condition started improving about the same time the Blues started winning.  Her fight caught the attention […]

  • Blues receive Stanley Cup Championship rings

    This was the moment… https://t.co/ykYmAtOog0 #stlblues pic.twitter.com/NryPuGxelV — St. Louis Blues 🏆 (@StLouisBlues) October 1, 2019 ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Blues received their 2019 Stanley Cup Championship rings Monday night. The rings were presented to the organization Monday night by first responders during a private ceremony. The 14-karat white and yellow gold ring celebrates the Blues quest for the Cup and surrounding Lord Stanley’s Cup with 75 diamonds that represent the number of goals the Blues scored during […]

  • FEMA approves Missouri’s request to add 14 counties and City of St. Louis to disaster declaration

    JEFFERSON CITY, MO – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) approved Monday Missouri’s request to expand the federal major disaster declaration for Missouri to include assistance for local governments and nonprofit agencies in 14 additional counties and the City of St. Louis. That will bring the total of 82 counties and the City of St. Louis to receive federal and state assistance to cover emergency cost, and infrastructure damaged by this springs massive flooding. The declaration will aid in funding […]

  • Brighton IL woman killed in car accident

    BRIGHTON, IL – The Illinois State Police is investigating a single-car fatal accident in Jersey County Illinois.  The accident happened Saturday, September 28th at 6:30 a.m. near Brighton, Illinois. Police say 18-year-old Jamie Edelen lost control of Pontiac Grand Prix while driving north on Lageman Road just north of West Dutch Lane.  The vehicle left the right side of the road, coming back onto the road crossing the roadway, going off the left side of the road and striking a […]

  • Highway Patrol investigating fatal motorcycle accident

    JEFFERSON COUNTY, MO – Missouri State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal motorcycle accident that occurred around 7:10 pm Sunday evening at Highway 30 and Northwest Blvd. in Jefferson County Missouri. Accident reconstruction has been called to the scene to handle the investigation.

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