Disabled woman dies after attack by "frustrated" caretaker brother near Ballwin, police say
stltoday.com > news > local > crime-and-courts...Police on Tuesday identified the victim as Katherine Sokolich, 63, of the 900 block of Alpine Ridge Drive in unincorporated St. Louis County. Court documents in the probate case spell her first name Kathryn.... ...Sokolich lives at the same Hickory Sound condominium as his sister did. "She had some disabilities and it appeared he was frustrated with taking care of her," County police Sgt. Tracy Panus told the Post-Dispatch on Tuesday morning....
Photos: St. Louis region welcomes July 4th with parades, fireworks
stltoday.com > news > multimedia...John "Dougal" McDougal, a Moolah Shriners clown, fans his face on a borrowed chair as he tries to stay cool before riding through the St. James Estates subdivision in the Bridgeton Fourth of July Parade on Monday, July 4, 2022.... ...Parade participants fill Main Street in O'Fallon, Mo. for the Fourth of July Heritage & Freedom Fest Parade on Monday July 4, 2022. Terron Hayslett, 11, of Florissant gets his face painted at Fair St. Louis at Kiener Plaza on Sunday, July 3, 2022....
Disabled woman dies after attack by 70-year-old brother in St. Louis County, police say
stltoday.com > news > local > crime-and-courts...Police on Tuesday identified the victim as Katherine Sokolich, 63, of the 900 block of Alpine Ridge Drive in unincorporated St. Louis County. She died Sunday afternoon of injuries suffered in Saturday night's attack, police said.... ..."She had some disabilities and it appeared he was frustrated with taking care of her," County police Sgt. Tracy Panus told the Post-Dispatch on Tuesday morning. Panus said prosecutors filed the assault charge on Sunday, before Katherine Sokolich died....
Many St. Louis area students will pay for school lunches again when free program ends
stltoday.com > news > local > education...Stay up to date on life and culture in St. Students get lunch of homemade pizza and Caesar salad at the Albert D. Lawton Intermediate School in Essex Junction, Vt., on Thursday, June 9, 2022.... ...During this past school year, about 30 million kids a day were getting free meals, compared with 20 million before the pandemic, said Cindy Long, administrator of the USDA Food and Nutrition Service....
Driver cited for DWI after pedestrian killed on I-55 highway ramp in St. Louis County
stltoday.com > news > local > crime-and-courts...Police arrested a driver on suspicion of DWI after his SUV fatally hit a pedestrian on the shoulder of a highway ramp in south St. Louis County late Monday, authorities said. The Missouri Highway Patrol said Scott J. Drennen was struck and killed just before midnight Monday.... ...The patrol said Drennen was walking on the left shoulder on the ramp from southbound I-55 to I-270. A southbound 2018 Hyundai Kona drove onto the shoulder, hitting Drennan. The driver suffered moderate injuries and was taken to the St. Louis County jail, police said....
St. Louis obituaries for July 5
stltoday.com > news > local > obituaries...Read through the obituaries published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. PFC Charles T. Sprock, Irvin " Toot". Nardoni, William A....
Collinsville man drowns in Meramec River
stltoday.com > news > local > crime-and-courts...Ramirez, 25, of Collinsville, was pronounced dead at 5:30 p.m. at Meramec State Park, downstream from a boat ramp there, according to a preliminary report by the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Patrol officials said Ramirez jumped in around 4 p.m. and didn't resurface in time.... ...Sullivan Fire Dept. Damon Sumpter, who helped in the recovery, said by telephone that Ramirez jumped from a rockface that was about 10-feet high and accessible by trail from a popular campground. "He just couldn't swim very well," Sumpter said. "That's just an assumption on my part."....
Former star CBC football player killed in downtown shooting Sunday
stltoday.com > news > local > crime-and-courts...LOUIS -- Damion Baker, a star player on Christian Brothers College High School's 2014 undefeated championship football team, was killed in a shooting south of downtown early Sunday morning. Louis Police said they responded to a shooting call at 3:14 a.m.... ...Damion Baker, CBC football. Police did not identify the victims, but KSDK (Channel 5) identified Baker as the man who was killed, attributing the information to his mother. The Post-Dispatch could not reach her, but she was receiving expressions of sympathy on her Facebook page....
17-year-old shot in Kingsway West neighborhood
stltoday.com > news > local > crime-and-courts...LOUIS -- A 17-year-old male was shot in the chest Monday afternoon near the intersection of Maffitt Avenue and Union Boulevard in the Kingsway West neighborhood. The teen was not conscious or breathing when police arrived, and homicide detectives took over the investigation.... ...Some 55 children have been injured or killed by gunfire in the St. Louis region this year, according to a Post-Dispatch tally....
Man fatally shot near Kingshighway and St. Louis Avenue
stltoday.com > news > local > crime-and-courts...LOUIS -- A man was fatally shot Monday afternoon near the intersection of Kingshighway and St. Louis Avenue in the Kingsway East neighborhood. Police said they responded to the area about 3:30 p.m. and found an unresponsive man shot in the back.... ...Six people have been shot and killed this holiday weekend in St. Louis, including one downtown early Sunday morning, two in the Vandeventer neighborhood Saturday and one in Dutchtown Sunday evening. People are also reading…...