South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

Officer Blake Snyder

Today marks four years since Officer Snyder’s death in line of duty

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor October 6, 2020

Today, Oct. 6, marks four years since Officer Blake Snyder was murdered on duty while responding to a call in Green Park, but his memory lives on in South County through several permanent memorials that...

Officer Blake Snyders father, mother, wife, son and other family members attend a dedication at the Affton Fire Protection District for the new Officer Blake Snyder Memorial Highway on Oct. 27, 2018. Snyder was killed nearly four years ago while responding to a domestic disturbance call in Green Park.

Four years after his death, memory of Snyder lives on in South County

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor October 1, 2020

Next week will mark four years since Officer Blake Snyder was murdered on duty while responding to a call in Green Park, but his memory lives on in South County through several permanent memorials that...

Elizabeth Snyder, wife of slain St. Louis County Police Officer Blake Snyder, and Dick Snyder, Blake Snyders father, react to the sentencing of Trenton Forster in St. Louis County Circuit Court on Thursday, April 18, 2019. 
Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com

Officer Snyder’s widow forgives husband’s killer at sentencing; Forster gets life without parole

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor April 19, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com During the formal sentencing Thursday that sent Trenton Forster, 20, to prison for the rest of his life for killing St. Louis County Police...

Sentencing happens today for Trenton Forster, Officer Snyders killer

Sentencing happens today for Trenton Forster, Officer Snyder’s killer

April 18, 2019

Trenton Forster, who was convicted in February of first-degree murder for shooting and killing Officer Blake Snyder in Green Park in 2016, will be formally sentenced Thursday. After a jury convicted...

Police officers and the mother of three police officers, right, give a standing ovation to the County Council at the Oct. 17, 2017 meeting after the council unanimously agreed to give preliminary approval to raises for the St. Louis County Police Department approved by voters through Proposition P. Photo by Gloria Lloyd.

Council gives preliminary OK to pay hikes for county police

October 24, 2017

By Gloria Lloyd Staff Reporter news3@callnewspapers.com Greenlighting raises for county police officers that voters already overwhelmingly approved seemed like a sure thing to sail through the County...

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