WASHINGTON D.C. (AP) — Facebook’s ambitious plan to create a financial eco-system based on a digital currency faces questions from lawmakers, as it’s shadowed by negative comments from President Donald Trump, his treasury secretary and the head of the Federal Reserve. Congress begins two days of hearings Tuesday on the currency planned by Facebook, to…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The St. Louis Port Authority says it will seek proposals to develop the defunct Jamestown Mall site. At a North County Town Hall Meeting Monday, members of the community asked questions about the future of the site. Representatives from the St. Louis Board of Economic Development said that the brush should…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A businessman accused of bribery as part of former St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger’s pay-to-play scheme is set to plead guilty. The U.S. Attorney’s office in St. Louis announced the guilty plea hearing Tuesday for John Rallo. Rallo’s attorney, John Rogers, confirmed Rallo will plead guilty but declined further comment.…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s racist tweets about four lawmakers of color (all times local): 2:25 p.m. The only black Republican in the U.S. Senate is criticizing President Donald Trump for tweets directed at four Democratic congresswomen of color. Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina said Monday that Trump had “interjected with unacceptable…
NEW ORLEANS, LA (AP) — Even though Tropical Depression Barry did not unleash catastrophic flooding in Louisiana, many across the Gulf Coast were urged to take heed of tornado and flash-flood warnings Monday as the storm moved north. Barry was downgraded from a tropical storm on Sunday afternoon but continued to pose a threat. Much…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) An Endangered Silver Advisory is in effect for Rosie Ann Jones. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, 80-year-old Jones went missing from the 4500 block of Newberry Terrace at around 10 P.M. Sunday. Jones is described as a black female, 5 feet 3 inches tall, 125 pounds with gray hair and…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) One person is dead after an overnight accident on I-70 in north St. Louis. Police say a group of motorcycles were traveling down the interstate near Riverview when one of the motorcycle riders accidentally ran into the back of an SUV, causing a chain reaction. One of the motorcyclist was killed…
Webster Groves, MO (KTRS) Webster Groves Police need your help find four boys believed to have runaway together. The missing boys haven’t been seen since Wednesday. They are identified 10-year-old Marquis McCully, 12-year-old Davon Shaw, 15-year-old Javon Chism, and 15-year-old Trey Robinson, who has undergoing chemotherapy treatments. If you have any information, you should contact…
New Orleans, LA (AP) Even as Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, the Mississippi River’s levees held up when those in other parts of the city did not. But as Tropical Storm Barry threatened New Orleans with torrential rains that will test the city’s flood defenses this weekend, the height of the city’s river levees was the U.S.…
Mascoutah, IL (KTRS) A metro-east man is going to prison for sextortion. 21-year-old Joshua Breckel of Mascoutah was sentenced yesterday, to 35 years in Federal prison – 3 months after agreeing to a negotiated a plea deal with the U.S. Attorney’s office. Court documents state that he repeatedly obtained sexually explicit images and videos from…