COLUMBIA, MO (AP) — A mid-Missouri man has been sentenced to probation and ordered to pay a $500 fine for catching crayfish and selling them. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that Justin Doyle Pierce, of Camden County, was sentenced Tuesday in federal court for violating the Lacey Act and commercially exporting the crustaceans. An investigation…
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The remnants of Tropical Storm Gordon have moved into southeast Arkansas, bringing rain, the chance of flooding and a slight risk of weak tornadoes before it moves into Missouri and parts of Oklahoma. Meteorologist Thomas Jones with the National Weather Service in Little Rock says the system moved into southeastern…
By ANGIE WANG , Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Police say they’ve responded to an active shooter situation at the Fifth Third Bank building in downtown Cincinnati and there are multiple injuries. The police department in a Tweet described it as an “active shooter/officer involved shooting incident.” The situation appeared to be under control shortly…
By EUGENE HOSHIKO, HARUKA NUGA and MARI YAMAGUCHI , Associated Press SAPPORO, Japan (AP) — A powerful earthquake Thursday on Japan’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido triggered dozens of landslides that crushed houses under torrents of dirt, rocks and timber, prompting frantic efforts to unearth any survivors. At least nine people were killed, Prime Minister…
By ZEKE MILLER, CATHERINE LUCEY and JONATHAN LEMIRE , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Pushing back against explosive reports his own administration is conspiring against him, President Donald Trump lashed out against the anonymous senior official who wrote an opinion piece in The New York Times claiming to be part of a “resistance” working “from…
Clayton, MO (KTRS) A St. Louis man is charged with first-degree arson after prosecutors say he set fire to a home that had 15 people inside. Investigators say 53-year-old Mark Edwin Wright was aware all the people were inside when he allegedly set the home in the 8900 block of Newby in north St. Louis…
(AP) A South Korean presidential official says North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told him he still had faith in U.S. President Donald Trump despite ongoing difficulties in the nuclear negotiations. Chung Eui-yong said Kim emphasized he has not once talked negatively about Trump to anyone including his closest advisers. Chung says Kim said that…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police are investigating after a woman’s body was found outside of a north St. Louis warehouse. Police say a worker discovered the victim in a loading dock area of the warehouse on St. Louis Avenue near Goodfellow at just before 8:30 a.m. Police are calling the woman’s death suspicious. There’s no…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A House hearing about social media censorship was briefly interrupted as a protester stood up and yelled at Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. Republican Missouri Rep. Billy Long drowned her out using his auctioneering skills. A woman stood up and started loudly yelling at Dorsey, complaining about bias and publicly pleading for President…
By MARK SHERMAN and LISA MASCARO , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Pressured by Democrats with Donald Trump on their minds, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh rejected repeated efforts at Wednesday’s Senate confirmation hearing to reveal his views about a president pardoning himself or being forced to testify in a criminal case. For a second…