ST. LOUIS (AP) — A judge is accusing the St. Louis prosecutor’s office of “playing games” for fighting a search warrant of her files that is part of a perjury investigation related to last year’s criminal case against former Gov. Eric Greitens. Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner filed a motion Monday calling the warrant an…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The man accused of shooting an Amazon delivery driver at a St. Charles Target is now facing charges. On Wednesday, the St. Charles County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged 65-year-old Larry Thomlison with Assault 1st Degree Serious Physical Injury and Armed Criminal Action. He is being transferred from the St. Charles Police…
BEAUREGARD, AL (AP) — Cousins Cordarrly Jones and Demetria Jones have a hard time counting all the relatives they lost to a monster tornado that wiped out a rural community in Alabama. Their grandparents, 89-year-old Jimmy Jones and 83-year-old Mary Louise Jones, were killed in their home on a two-lane road where most everyone shares…
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea is restoring facilities at a long-range rocket launch site that it dismantled last year as part of disarmament steps, according to foreign experts and a South Korean lawmaker who was briefed by Seoul’s spy service. The finding follows a high-stakes nuclear summit last week between North Korean leader…
Godfrey, IL (KTRS) A metro-east community is in mourning after a firefighter is killed and 3 others injured in a house fire. According to the Madison County Sheriffs Department, just after 4 PM Tuesday, a call was received for a fire in 4000 block of Culp Lane in Bethalto. Fosterburg Fire Department was dispatched and…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Lewis Reed is one step closer to a 4th term as President of the St. Louis Board of Alderman. Lewis Reed, who has served as board president for 12 years, defeated State Senator Jamilah Nasheed, Alderman Megan Green, and former Alderman Jimmie Matthews in the Democratic Primary Tuesday. Voters made their…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The extreme cold is prompting St. Louis City to extend its Winter Shelter and Outreach Operations for Tuesday night. City officials say additional cots are being made available in anticipation of the very cold winter weather for sheltering and support of the homeless. Individuals or families who may need shelter should go…
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — One man is in custody and another hospitalized after a dispute over a handicapped parking spot at a Missouri Target store turned violent. The shooting happened around noon Tuesday in St. Charles. Police say a 65-year-old man shot a 21-year-old Amazon delivery driver who had parked in the handicapped spot,…
By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of migrant families crossing the southwest border is again breaking records, and the crush is overwhelming border agents and straining facilities, officials said Tuesday. More than 76,000 migrants crossed the U.S.-Mexico border last month, more than double the number from the same period last…
Columbia, MO (KTRS) A new program is effectively treating hypertension in underserved communities, according to a Mizzou study. Hypertension, or high blood pressure, affects an estimated 31 percent of the world’s population. Low income countries, such as the Dominican Republic, are disproportionately affected. To combat the issue, researchers at the University of Missouri partnered with…