Troy, IL (KTRS) Two people are dead after an overnight fire in the metro-east. Firefighters were called to a burning home along Avalon Drive in Troy around 1 a.m. Monday. The names of the victims haven’t been released. The Illinois State Fire Marshall has been brought in to investigate the cause of the fire.
By COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen has resigned amid President Donald Trump’s growing frustration and bitterness over the number of Central American families crossing the southern border. Trump announced on Sunday in a tweet that U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan would be…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Democrats will “never” see President Donald Trump’s tax returns, said White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, as a new front opened in the confrontation between the administration and Congress. Mulvaney accused Democrats of engaging in a “political stunt” and wanting “attention” after the chairman of the House Ways and Means…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A child is recovering after being ejected from a vehicle in a hit-and-run accident in south city. Shortly before 5:30 Sunday afternoon, an SUV ran a light and hit the vehicle the child was traveling in on South Broadway at Marceau, then drove off. The child was taken to the hospital…
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — An eastern Missouri man has been arrested after authorities say he threatened Republican Sen. Josh Hawley in a social media message. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Jeremy Cawthon appeared in federal court Friday in St. Louis for a brief hearing on a charge of transmitting a threat in interstate…
By ZEKE MILLER and JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Declaring “our country is full,” President Donald Trump on Friday insisted the U.S. immigration system was overburdened and illegal crossings must be stopped as he inspected a refurbished section of fencing at the Mexican border. Trump, making a renewed push for border security…
St. Charles, MO (KTRS) St. Charles Police say the two small children abducted early Friday morning have been found safe. Police are now looking for the children’s father, 24–year-old Fernando Marez-Casseas. St. Charles Police LT. Tom Wilkison says Marez-Casseas attacked the children’s mother before taking their children. Marez-Casseas is believed to be driving a tan…
The latest: Police say the children have been found safe and are being reunited with their mother. Earlier… AMBER ALERT For further information please contact: St. Charles Police Department 636-949-3300 04/05/2019 EMPHASIS: Amber Alert State of Missouri Amber Alert The St. Charles Police Department has issued an Amber Alert for an abduction incident that occurred…
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr is defending his handling of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on the Russia investigation, saying the confidential document contains sensitive grand jury material that prevented it from being immediately released to the public. The statement Thursday came as Barr confronts concerns that his…
By CARRIE ANTLFINGER and DON BABWIN Associated Press AURORA, Ill. (AP) — Eight years after an Illinois boy disappeared, his family began to think that their nightmare might be over at last. A young man found wandering the streets of a Kentucky town claimed he had just escaped from two men in the Cincinnati area…