O’Fallon, MO (KTRS) The search for a missing O’Fallon man is over after he is found dead on Friday. The family made the announcement on the Find Adam Tumbrink Facebook page: With great sadness, the Tumbrink Family announce the loss of Adam Tumbrink. At this time, we ask for complete privacy and respect for the…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The cold is to blame for claiming the life of a homeless man. Police say the body of the 54-year-old victim was found in a trash bin near the St. Louis Brewery Apartments on Monday. Autopsy results are pending, but investigators believe the man froze to death. The victim’s name hasn’t…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Workers in downtown St. Louis say a man who died in a portable toilet had been living in it on and off for weeks. Police confirmed that the body found Wednesday is believed to be that of Grover Perry. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that foul play isn’t suspected. Frank Perry,…
By HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — David Cassidy, the teen and pre-teen idol who starred in the 1970s sitcom “The Partridge Family” and sold millions of records as the musical group’s lead singer, died at age 67. Cassidy, who announced earlier this year that he had been diagnosed with dementia, died surrounded…
By The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Fats Domino, the amiable rock ‘n’ roll pioneer whose steady, pounding piano and easy baritone helped change popular music while honoring the traditions of the Crescent City, died Tuesday. He was 89. Mark Bone, chief investigator with the Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, coroner’s office, said Domino died of…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police are investigating after a body was found on the campus of Washington University. Authorities say the discovery was made Friday morning at a construction site on the along Skinker Boulevard and Brooking drive on the Danforth Campus.Construction was immediately halted. Washington University released this statement about the incident: “A Washington…
O’Fallon, MO (KTRS) One person is dead and four are injured after a fire broke out at a home in St. Charles County. Firefighters responded to the burning O’Fallon home on Country Life Drive around 1 a.m. Monday. Fire officials say a woman’s body was found inside of the home after firefighters brought the fire…
University City, MO (KTRS) An elderly man is dead following a house fire in University City. Firefighters were called to the burning home on Plymouth Avenue near Pennsylvania at just before 7 p.m. Thursday. After arriving, firefighters found the 82-year-old victim unresponsive. He was taken to an area hospital, where he died. The victim’s name hasn’t…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A man has died after his vehicle was swept off a road near a flooded creek in Missouri, marking the 10th death blamed on flooding in the Midwest, authorities said Friday. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the 69-year-old man was trying to cross a flooded road across Dry Fork Creek…
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Flooding from heavy rains sweeping across the Midwest has killed at least one person in Missouri, prompted numerous rescues and blocked roadways. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says a 72-year-old woman drowned despite her husband’s efforts to save her as their vehicle was swept away by rushing waters Saturday near Clever…