JERUSALEM (AP) — Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to be headed toward a historic fifth term as Israel’s prime minister on Wednesday, with close-to-complete unofficial election results giving his right-wing Likud and other nationalist and religious parties a solid majority in parliament. The outcome affirmed Israel’s continued tilt to the right and further dimmed hopes of a…
Edwardsville, IL (KTRS) A metro-east man is awaiting sentencing after being convicted for his part in the 2013 murder and dismemberment of 30-year-old Courtney Coats of Alton. 35-year-old Brandon Chittum was found guilty Monday of 1st degree murder and other charges. Co-defendant Patrick Chase was sentenced to 65 years back in July of 2014 for…
Troy, IL (KTRS) Two people are dead after an overnight fire in the metro-east. Firefighters were called to a burning home along Avalon Drive in Troy around 1 a.m. Monday. The names of the victims haven’t been released. The Illinois State Fire Marshall has been brought in to investigate the cause of the fire.
By COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen has resigned amid President Donald Trump’s growing frustration and bitterness over the number of Central American families crossing the southern border. Trump announced on Sunday in a tweet that U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan would be…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Democrats will “never” see President Donald Trump’s tax returns, said White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, as a new front opened in the confrontation between the administration and Congress. Mulvaney accused Democrats of engaging in a “political stunt” and wanting “attention” after the chairman of the House Ways and Means…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A child is recovering after being ejected from a vehicle in a hit-and-run accident in south city. Shortly before 5:30 Sunday afternoon, an SUV ran a light and hit the vehicle the child was traveling in on South Broadway at Marceau, then drove off. The child was taken to the hospital…
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — An eastern Missouri man has been arrested after authorities say he threatened Republican Sen. Josh Hawley in a social media message. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Jeremy Cawthon appeared in federal court Friday in St. Louis for a brief hearing on a charge of transmitting a threat in interstate…
By ZEKE MILLER and JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Declaring “our country is full,” President Donald Trump on Friday insisted the U.S. immigration system was overburdened and illegal crossings must be stopped as he inspected a refurbished section of fencing at the Mexican border. Trump, making a renewed push for border security…
St. Charles, MO (KTRS) St. Charles Police say the two small children abducted early Friday morning have been found safe. Police are now looking for the children’s father, 24–year-old Fernando Marez-Casseas. St. Charles Police LT. Tom Wilkison says Marez-Casseas attacked the children’s mother before taking their children. Marez-Casseas is believed to be driving a tan…
The latest: Police say the children have been found safe and are being reunited with their mother. Earlier… AMBER ALERT For further information please contact: St. Charles Police Department 636-949-3300 04/05/2019 EMPHASIS: Amber Alert State of Missouri Amber Alert The St. Charles Police Department has issued an Amber Alert for an abduction incident that occurred…