Florissant, MO (KTRS) The suspect in the fatal shooting at Show Me’s Sports Bar & Grill in Florissant has been released. The Florissant Police Department released the following statement: In reference to the Shooting a Show-Me’s, the suspect involved in this incident has since been released from police custody. By law an individual can’t legally…
By ALAN FRAM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — They can all claim wins in the big budget agreement: President Donald Trump, congressional Republicans and Democrats, too. Next up, however, is a Senate immigration battle that may well lead nowhere, complicated by divisions within parties rubbed raw by the spending pact plus election-year pressures that always make…
CHICAGO (AP) — Thousands of children in the Midwest got a rare snow day off school Friday as a winter storm moved through the Great Lakes region, dumping nearly a foot of the white powder in some places with more on the way. Midwest residents often boast that they are well prepared for winter weather…
By FOSTER KLUG, Associated Press PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — In an extraordinary show of unexpected unity, North and South Korea sat side by side Friday night under exploding fireworks that represented peace, not destruction, as the 2018 Winter Olympics opened on a Korean Peninsula riven by generations of anger, suspicion and bloodshed. The sister of…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) The cause of an overnight fire at a west county apartment complex that sent three people to the hospital is being investigated. Firefighters were called around 11:45 p.m. Thursday to a fire at Oak Forest Apartments, just off of Lindbergh. The fire quickly went to 2-alarms. Fourteen people had to…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The 18th annual Hardee’s Rise N’ Shine fundraiser for Heat Up St. Louis is underway this morning. This year`s theme is Have A Heart, Heat A Home. The fundraiser is aimed at raising money to help the needy with utility assistance. “Even with the winter thaw, this current winter season, has shown…
By ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House moved swiftly early Friday to reopen the federal government and pass a $400 billion budget deal, overcoming opposition from both liberal Democrats and tea party conservatives to endorse enormous spending increases despite looming trillion-dollar deficits. The 240-186 vote came in the pre-dawn hours, putting to bed…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers are considering a bill that would increase penalties for protesters who block highways. A Missouri Senate committee heard the bill sponsored by Republican Sen. Jeanie Riddle this week, the Columbia Missourian reported. The proposed legislation would make it a Class A misdemeanor on first offense if a person…
By KEVIN FREKING and MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans rode the tea party wave to power eight years ago on a message of fiscal responsibility and attacking budget deficits, and kept at it during President Barack Obama’s two terms. That was then. The Republican-led Congress on Thursday was rounding up support for a…
TROY, MO (KTRS) Investigators say the pilot of a small plane has escaped with only an arm injury after a crash near Troy in Lincoln County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the plane went down Thursday afternoon in a wooded area about seven miles southwest of Troy in Lincoln County. The pilot was the…