SANFORD, Fla. (AP) – An online auction for the gun that former Florida neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman used to kill unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin appeared to have been halted Thursday, with the weapon’s listing removed from the auction site. It was not immediately clear why the website, GunBroker.com, took down the listing. The…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A federal judge has ruled in favor of a Columbia, Missouri, Planned Parenthood clinic after the state tried to revoke its abortion license. U.S. District Judge Nanette Laughrey in a Wednesday ruling said the Department of Health and Senior Services likely bowed to political pressure and unfairly revoked the clinic’s…
DALLAS (AP) – Robby Fabbri, Paul Stastny and Troy Brouwer each scored a goal and had two assists, and the St. Louis Blues dominated the Dallas Stars to advance to their first Western Conference finals since 2001 with a 6-1 victory in Game 7 of their series Wednesday night. The Blues, in the playoffs for…
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – Jaime Garcia allowed just four hits in seven innings to lead the St. Louis Cardinals past the Los Angeles Angels 5-2 on Wednesday night. Garcia (3-2) gave up two unearned runs and struck out eight to win his second straight start. He has yet to allow an earned run in 14…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Some Missourians could have their criminal records sealed under a measure that has passed the Legislature. The House passed the bill on a 143-12 vote Wednesday after excluding stealing, kidnapping and some other felonies from the list of crimes that could be sealed. The Senate later voted 25-7 to send…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A proposal that’s key to Republican efforts to require people to show photo identification when voting has passed the Missouri Senate. Senators voted 24-8 along party lines Wednesday to pass a constitutional amendment that would allow for such a law. It needs another House vote. If passed, the measure would…
( KTRS ) Nearly 30,000 Ameren Corp. customers in the St. Louis were without power yesterday after a strong thunderstorm hit the region. The storm Wednesday afternoon brought heavy rain, strong winds and golf ball-sized hail to some parts. Most of the outages were in St. Louis County. The storm knocked down trees and damaged…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – An Indiana company has agreed to pay more than $800,000 in civil penalties for repeatedly discharging polluted water and sewage into the Ohio River in southern Illinois. A voluntary settlement approved on Tuesday requires American Commercial Lines Inc. and its subsidiary ACBL Transportation Services LLC to pay $805,440 to the federal…
( KTRS ) Authorities in North County are investigating after a man was found dead. Ferguson Police responded to a call of an unresponsive man in the 40 block of Lee Avenue. Upon arrival, officers found the man dead inside his residence. The victim has been identified as 58 yr old Joseph Reise. The Ferguson…
