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Monday, 08 February 2010 |
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One of the last U.S. astronauts to travel in the space shuttle is a Pattonville High and Washington University grad. Lt. Col Robert Behnken--is aboard Shuttle Endeavor which rocketed into space this morning. He is one of two astronauts expected to conduct three spacewalks during the two-week mission. Behnken also remaining family ties in North County. |
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Monday, 08 February 2010 |
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Things got a little wild at Buffalo Wild Wings in St. Peters as police evacuate the eatery and surrounding businesses. A suspicious device, a cement cylinder with electrical wiring inside, was found in the restaurant's kitchen just before 9 a.m. The St. Charles County bomb and arson were able to take the device away from the scene. They believe it's used in construction but they're still analyzing it. |
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Monday, 08 February 2010 |
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A former Freeburg teacher and pro wrestler who attacked a teenager four years ago and left her for dead scores a legal win. Sam Shelton, who is serving 20 years for the attack on Ashley Reeves, will not get extra prison time for the assault of police and medical personnel during his suicide attempt. Aggravated assault charges were dropped by St. Clair County Circuit Judge John Baricevic at the request of State's Attorney Robert Haida. |
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Monday, 08 February 2010 |
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A St. Louis County man has been sentenced to three terms of life in prison for kidnapping and raping an 8-year-old girl. 35-year-old William McLaughlin of Lemay pleaded guilty last week to kidnapping, forcible rape, forcible sodomy, burglary and evidence tampering. The crime happened in May at a home where McLaughlin mowed the lawn. Prosecutors say he was committing a burglary when he took the child outside and sexually assaulted her.
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Monday, 08 February 2010 |
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22-year-old Melissa Pontius whose safe this morning but her home appears to be a total loss after fire destroyed it Sunday. Fire broke out shortly after she received threatening text messages."I had threatening text messages about midnight, about 3 hours before everything happened," she said. The Ferguson mother escaped yesterday without injuries. Her 14-month-old daughter was not home at the time. Pontius says she believes someone set fire to her Lexus, and the fire spread to the house. The St. Louis County Bomb and Arson Squad is investigating.
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Wednesday, 03 February 2010 |
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KTRS News Director Victoria Babu sits down for an exclusive broadcast with Joyce Meyer of Joyce Meyer Ministries. Hear her week-long series at 7:35am on McGraw in the Morning and again at 12:25 on John Brown's Mindset. Victoria profiles the Fenton televangelist and her worldwide ministry.
Latest:
Joyce Meyer Ministries is asking a judge to keep a Belleville lawyer from speaking to its employees in the Coleman Family murders wrongful death lawsuit . Belleville attorney Jack Carey is representing Sheri Coleman's family, which is suing her husband, former Meyer Ministries security chief Christopher Coleman and wants to tack on Meyer Ministries to the lawsuit. Christopher Coleman awaits trial on first degree murder charges in the Columbia murders of Sheri and her two sons. Meyer Ministries says Carey has contacted Ministries employees without notice to their attorneys. |
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Monday, 08 February 2010 |
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Drivers are asked to slow down and give road crews plenty of room to work. Snow has moved into the KTRS listening area as two storm systems come together over the Great Plains. Light snow will fall throughout the day with about an inch or two of accumulation by the evening commute. The snow will become heavier late Monday afternoon and Monday night. Look for three to four more inches of accumulation by early Tuesday morning. Winter Weather Advisories are in effect for the area through Tuesday.
Strong northwesterly winds behind the storm will create blowing and drifting of the snow on Tuesday into Tuesday night.
To the north, a winter storm warning is looming for northern Illinois, and the forecast calls for accumulations of up to 12 inches of snow. The National Weather Service says the warning takes effect at 9 p.m. Monday and will continue until 4 a.m. Wednesday.
The weather service says between 6 and 12 inches of snow are expected by Tuesday night, and even more could pile up near Lake Michigan. The forecast also is calling for strong winds, and the weather service says that could cause severe blowing and drifting snow in open areas.
Most of the mid-Atlantic area is still at a stand-still. Washington, D.C. is going to be digging out for another day. Most trains planes and buses are still frozen in place as the cleanup continues after the Mid-Atlantic blizzard. The nation's capital is pretty well shut down again today with schools and even the government closed due to hazardous travel conditions that persist for a second day after the snow stopped. Stranded travelers are wondering when they'll be able to escape the effects of the "historic" snowstorm.
Thousands of homes are still without power and with temperatures below freezing utilities are warning it could be days before electricity is restored to everyone. For many in the Washington, D.C.-area, it's another day to dig out. Making matters worse, the weather service has issued a storm watch for the Washington area Tuesday, saying there was potential for another 5 inches or more of snow. |
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Monday, 08 February 2010 |
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Carthage police say they believe a body they found wedged against a tree on the bank of Spring River is probably that of an 8-month-old whose father said was abducted from their home. Authorities found a lifeless baby on the riverbank near Carthage Saturday. Carthage Police Chief Greg Dagnan says an autopsy scheduled for today will confirm the child's identity but that he is almost certain it is Eddie Salazar Jr.
Eddie Salazar Sr. has been charged with filing a false police report saying his son had been abducted during a violent intrusion at his home in Carthage Thursday prompting an amber alert. Dagnan says 28-year-old Salazar is the primary suspect in the death of his son. He is being held on $100,000 bond in the Carthage City Jail.
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Monday, 08 February 2010 |
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A St. Louis man who pleaded guilty to killing an elderly man during a burglary will be sentenced today. Nineteen-year-old James Thomas admitted last week that he helped kill 89-year-old Ira Reese more than two years ago. Thomas' brother, Louis Wallace, pleaded guilty last year in the same case and was sentenced to life in prison.
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