JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Republican Gov. Eric Greitens is set to give his second State of the State speech. Greitens will address the Republican-led Legislature Wednesday night at the Capitol to lay out priorities. He’ll release his budget proposal later. The first-time elected official has previously said he wants to enact tax changes,…
By ELLIOT SPAGAT and NOMAAN MERCHANT, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Seven immigration agents filed into a 7-Eleven store before dawn Wednesday, waited for people to go through the checkout line and told arriving customers and a driver delivering beer to wait outside. A federal inspection was underway, they said. Within 20 minutes, they verified…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis man who has already served time in prison for killing a man when he was 15 is charged in another killing. Levander Williams was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder and other charges. He is accused of fatally shooting 33-year-old Victor Williams in November. The men are not related.…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) Maull’s Barbecue Sauce is going through a change of ownership and will remain in production. That’s according to a statement from Stephen Maull, vice president of Maull’s. Maull says the Louis Maull Company is in negotiations for the sale of the brand to a St. Louis company. The deal is anticipated to be…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) A child is hospitalized after being shot in north county. Police say the 8-year-old girl was asleep in the bedroom of the family’s Castle Pointe home in the 10000 block of Count Drive when shots were fired at just before 4 a.m. Wednesday. A bullet traveled through the walls of the…
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and ANDREW DALTON, Associated Press MONTECITO, Calif. (AP) — A storm that slammed a California coastal community is over. The search for its victims is not. Authorities in Santa Barbara County were still trying to reach new areas and dig into the destruction to find dead, injured or trapped people after a powerful…
By SUDHIN THANAWALA and ANDREW DALTON, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday night temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s decision to end a program protecting young immigrants from deportation. U.S. District Judge William Alsup granted a request by California and other plaintiffs to prevent President Donald Trump from ending the Deferred Action…
Mascoutah, IL (KTRS) A metro-east Catholic priest is facing charges in connection with child a pornography case. On Tuesday, Father Gerald Hechenberger was charged with sixteen counts of felony child pornography and possession of meth. Hechenberger is an associate pastor of Holy Childhood of Jesus Parish in Mascoutah. Acting on a tip, investigators executed a search…