By TOM FOREMAN Jr. and JONATHAN DREW, Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — As his public appearances dwindled in recent years, the Rev. Billy Graham began choosing songs, scripture and speakers for one last public opportunity to spread the Gospel — his own funeral. Plans for Friday’s service took shape in the years after his last…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri attorney general’s office has an open inquiry into a veterans charity founded by Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens. A spokeswoman for Attorney General Josh Hawley said Thursday that the office is looking into the charitable activities of The Mission Continues. It wasn’t clear when the inquiry began. The announcement…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The estranged mother of former St. Louis police chief Sam Dotson has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $2 million from a Missouri real estate company. Seventy-year-old Carol Dotson, of St. Louis, pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of wire fraud. Carol Dotson was officer administrator of a commercial real estate…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) William H.T. “Bucky” Bush, brother and uncle to presidents, has died. He was 79. A longtime St. Louis civic leader, Bush co-founded Bush O’Donnell Investment Advisers in St. Louis and was Missouri chairman of his nephew George W. Bush’s reelection campaign in 2004. He was former president George H-W Bush’s youngest brother. Former…
By ZEKE MILLER and JILL COLVIN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — White House communications director Hope Hicks, one of President Donald Trump’s most trusted and longest-serving aides, abruptly announced her resignation, leaving a void around a president who values loyalty and affirmation. The departure of Hicks, who worked as a one-woman communications shop during his campaign,…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) When the Gateway Arch and its museum reopen this summer after more than a year of renovation, a new logo will help celebrate the event. Dave Sanders with Bi-State Development says the new logo updates the old logo, which was more retro in design. The reopening of the Arch and its museum July…
Ferguson, MO (KTRS) Christian Care Home in Ferguson is accused of unfair labor practices. That’s according to the National Labor Relations Board, which found merit to charges filed on behalf of union workers amid their three-month-long strike. Workers, faith leaders, residents’ families, and union leaders gathered outside of Christian Care Home on Wednesday morning to…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) One of St. Louis’ magnet schools … the Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience is the grand prize winner of a hackathon sponsored by St. Louis-based World Wide Technology. The school beat out 19 other area schools in the hackathon, in which students were tested on their knowledge of computer systems and technologies.…
By JIM SALTER, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis prosecutors do not have the photo at the heart of the indictment of Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens but told a judge Wednesday that they plan to get it. Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner and assistant prosecutor Robert Steele were in court along with Greitens’ lawyers for…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) A Bellefontaine Neighbors man is facing charges in connection with a fatal shooting earlier this month at a Florissant restaurant. On Tuesday, 54-year-old Neal Myers was charged with second-degree murder, first-degree assault and two counts of armed criminal action. Prosecutors allege that Myers shot two men inside of Show-Me’s Sports Bar…