(KTRS) The man wanted in connection with shooting his wife and killing his father in law in Fenton has committed suicide in Arkansas. When officers attempted to take James Kempf into custody in rural Northwest Arkansas, he took his own life. Kempf was the subject of a week long nationwide search since the incident occurred…
(AP) Delta Air Lines and American Airlines are suspending all flights between the U.S. and China as the coronavirus outbreak spreads. United Airlines is suspending flights to three big Chinese cities but will continue flying to Hong Kong. The move follows a State Department warning against travel to China. American says it is suspending flights…
(AP) Authorities say a 14-year-old suspect in the killing of another 14-year-old has turned himself in to St. Louis police. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the case against the suspect in the Jan. 19 shooting death of Timothy Lucas is being handled in juvenile court. The suspect has not been identified. Relatives of the…
Des Moines, IA (AP) Iowa voters’ second choices could matter almost as much as their first in the upcoming caucuses. Candidates including Amy Klobuchar, Andrew Yang and Tom Steyer have been approached by multiple campaigns in recent days eager to form an alliance of sorts that could reshape the Feb. 3 election. It’s a delicate…
WASHINGTON D.C. (AP) — Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee will oppose calling more witnesses in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, all but dashing Democratic efforts to hear more testimony and boosting odds the Senate will vote imminently to acquit without new testimony, in a matter of days. Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine said…
Springfield, MO (KTRS) An endangered silver advisory is in effect for a missing Springfield, Missouri man. The Missouri Highway Patrol says that 81-year-old Gerald Abbott went missing from the 3800 block of South Tolliver in Springfield at around 3 P.M. Wednesday. His cell phone last pinged in the St. Louis and Farmington areas at around…
(AP) Missouri has awarded licenses for the state’s burgeoning medical marijuana industry, but it’s a safe bet that some of those licenses will be sold before dispensaries open later this year. Over the past several weeks, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has awarded licenses for various aspects of the industry — testing,…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Mayor Lyda Krewson is urging regional leaders to work with Bi-State to create a plan to restart the embattled Loop Trolley. This comes after Bi-State rejected a trolley takeover plan on Friday. Wednesday, Krewson said she is concerned that the federal government could sue cities and municipalities for unused grant funds,…
Springfield, IL (AP) Gov. J.B. Pritzker delivered his first State of the State address Wednesday, talking tough about ending fraud and graft in a state notorious for corruption, and urging support for such contentious ideas as halting the so-called revolving door, the time-honored practice of lawmakers leaving the Legislature to immediately become lobbyists. The Democrat…
Sioux City, IA (AP) Joe Biden plans an address Thursday in Iowa at the same time President Donald Trump is to stage a rally in Des Moines. And the Biden campaign is promising an aggressive and direct counterstrategy ahead of Monday’s Iowa caucuses, as the former vice president fends off a new onslaught of GOP…