KMOV- Blogs - Reporters Blog http://www.kmov.com/community/blogs/reporters-blog RSS Feed for KMOV- Blogs - Reporters Blog en-us Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:58:55 GMT Downtown group asks city to shut down homeless shelter http://www.kmov.com/community/blogs/reporters-blog/Downtown-group-asks-city-to-shut-down-homeless-shelter-205314201.html A group of property owners in downtown St. Louis are taking a new step to ask the city to shut down a homeless shelter with a history of complaints. Some taxpayers struggling to file returns because of fraud http://www.kmov.com/community/blogs/reporters-blog/Some-taxpayers-struggling-to-file-returns-because-of-fraud-195187081.html The IRS says the agency is beefing up efforts to combat fraud due to identify theft. Officers' fundraising efforts reach troops in Afghanistan http://www.kmov.com/community/blogs/reporters-blog/Officers-fundraising-efforts-reach-troops-in-Afghanistan-193426591.html Law enforcement officers from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and Overland Police Department are raising money to benefit the Special Olympics and reach out to troops in Afghanistan. Police: Man exploited elderly woman with dementia http://www.kmov.com/community/blogs/reporters-blog/Police-man-exploited-elderly-woman-with-dementia--187980911.html A St. Peters man is behind bars, accused of scamming an elderly woman out of thousands of dollars. Jeremy McClellan, 38, is charged with financial exploitation of the elderly or disabled. Police: Women stole hundreds of dollars worth of baby formula http://www.kmov.com/community/blogs/reporters-blog/Women-charged-with-stealing-hundreds-of-dollars-worth-of-baby-formula--187819811.html St. Charles Police arrested two St. Louis women, accused of stealing 40 cans of baby formula from a St. Charles Walmart last week. Powell Square building to come down http://www.kmov.com/community/blogs/reporters-blog/Powell-Square-Building-is-coming-down-185614712.html A vacant and windowless concrete building along the riverfront in downtown St. Louis is coming down. St. Louis volunteers towed while feeding homeless http://www.kmov.com/community/blogs/reporters-blog/Volunteers-towed-while-feeding-the-homeless-185002221.html A handful of people who volunteered to serve Christmas dinner to the homeless at the New Life Evangelistic Center in downtown St. Louis said they were socked with large tow bills. Convention Center reports extra security for gun show http://www.kmov.com/community/blogs/reporters-blog/Convention-Center-reports-extra-security-for-gun-show-184875841.html This weekend will mark the fifth gun show at the St. Charles Convention Center in 2012. It's the first since the Newtown shooting that killed 20 school children and six adults and set off new calls for more gun restrictions. Cafeteria worker says she lost job over free meals to student http://www.kmov.com/community/blogs/reporters-blog/Cafeteria-worker-says-she-lost-job-over-free-meals-to-student-183450191.html For the last two months, Dianne Brame says she knowingly broke a rule at her job in the Hudson Elementary School cafeteria and let a student eat hot lunches without paying for them. FTC warns residents about 'free grant' scam http://www.kmov.com/community/blogs/reporters-blog/Dont-fall-for-the-free-grant-scam-183275841.html If you get a call from an unknown number, from someone claiming to work for the government, who tells you you've won a federal grant - just hang up.