Sunday, March 6, 2011

Bob Kurtz talks about the new Brentwood Fire Department headquarters


The Brentwood Fire Department is having an open house at our new Fire Station located at 8756 Eulalie Avenue on March 13, 2011 from 2:00 to 6:00 pm and March 16th from 3:00 to 6:00 pm, all are invited.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Richmond Heights man gets 22 years for landlord's murder


A Richmond Heights man has been sentenced to 22 years in prison in the August 2009 murder of his disabled landlord, a court official said Tuesday.
John F. Kuchler pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, armed criminal action and arson Feb. 18 and was sentenced at that time, St. Louis County Circuit Court Administrator Paul Fox said.
Kuchler's trial was set to begin Monday.
Prosecutors say Kuchler, then 42, fatally stabbed 81-year-old J.L. "Jack" Pierson, then set his home, at 1137 Surrey Hills Drive, on fire. Pierson, a retired lawyer and political activist, met Pierson through his work with the Boy Scouts. Pierson offered him a place to live because Kuchler was "at loose ends and didn't have a job," a Pierson friend told the Post-Dispatch in 2009.
Both Kuchler's lawyer and the prosecutor did not return calls seeking comment Tuesday.