By ANDREW TAYLOR and MARTIN CRUTSINGER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House budget director came to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to sell President Donald Trump’s budget, but the administration’s allies in the Senate preferred to talk about last year’s tax cut rather than the trillion-dollar deficits contained in the new spending plan. The president’s…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) The Guns ‘N Hoses Boxing Association announced a record donation of $700,000 to The BackStoppers, a nonprofit organization that assists families of first responders who die or suffer a catastrophic injury in the line of duty. The donation was made possible thanks to proceeds generated from the 31st annual Budweiser Guns ‘N Hoses…
St. Clair County, IL (KTRS) The Major Case Squad is investigating a murder in St. Clair County. Police say 19-year-old Cole Weirciszewski was shot late Monday afternoon at a home on Paulette Drive, just outside of Belleville. He died shortly after being taken to the hospital. If you have any information, you are asked to call…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) An Endangered Person Advisory is in effect for a missing Spanish Lake man. Police say 59-year-old Edward Kinder went missing at just before 7 p.m. Monday. Kinder made suicidal comments before he left, according to investigators. Kinder, is described as a a white male, 5’9″ in height, weighing 200 lbs, with…
By SARA GILLESBY and PHUONG LE, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Olympic swimmer Ariana Kukors said in an emotional interview Monday that her former coach “stole so much” from her in the decade she alleges he sexually abused her starting when she was a minor. Kukors, 28, told The Associated Press that she can’t get…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Three people are injured, one critically, after a police pursuit ended in a crash involving six vehicles in St. Louis. The chase began when officers from the North County Police Cooperative spotted a carjacking suspect around 1:45 p.m. Monday in Wellston. The pursuit went into St. Louis’ Central West End, ending…
By JAKE PEARSON, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump Jr.’s wife was taken to a New York City hospital on Monday as a precaution after she opened an envelope addressed to her husband that contained an unidentified white powder, though police later said the substance wasn’t dangerous, authorities said. The frightening episode happened after…
By ALAN FRAM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate begins a rare, open-ended debate on immigration and the fate of the “Dreamer” immigrants on Monday, and Republican senators say they’ll introduce President Donald Trump’s plan. Though his proposal has no chance of passage, Trump may be the most influential voice in the conversation. If the…
UPDATE: Fox 2 reports the child died Monday morning. Barnhart, MO (KTRS) Investigators are searching for answers into why a Jefferson County mother killed herself after shooting her son. Police say 49-year-old Tara Kelleher shot her 11-year-old son at the family’s Barnhart home in the 7200 block of Valley Drive early Saturday morning before turning the…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow universities designate full-time faculty as “campus protection officers” who can carry concealed weapons. Republican Rep. Dean Dohrman introduced the bill to the House Higher Education Committee Wednesday with hopes of college campus safety in an age of increasingly frequent mass shootings,…