ST. LOUIS COUNTY (KTRS) Charges of sexual assault, kidnapping and armed criminal action have been filed against Phillip Stroisch, the Overland man who was also charged last week with shooting into a Chesterfield home and injuring a couple. The St. Louis County prosecutor’s office lists a half-dozen charges of sodomy among the 21 charges, which include…
CLINTON, Mo. (AP) — A telephone company says its database did not provide the wrong Missouri address and phone number to police dispatchers leading to the shooting of three officers, one fatally. Police were alerted March 6 about a 911 call in which two women could be heard arguing but made no comment to dispatchers.…
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The National Weather Service has issued fire warnings for six states in the nation’s midsection. The Red Flag warnings issued Friday include most of Oklahoma, the Texas Panhandle, southern Kansas, northeastern New Mexico, southeastern Colorado and southeastern Missouri. Oklahoma Forestry Services has already requested and received firefighters and equipment from Alabama,…
By JASON DEAREN, Associated Press As the 950-ton concrete bridge section was swung into place over a highway last weekend, Florida International University officials were beaming with pride. The pedestrian bridge on the edge of the Miami-area campus was a signature achievement of the school’s Accelerated Bridge Construction University Transportation Center, a research group set up…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) Advocates for the disabled say tributes for Stephen Hawking that focus on his own affliction with ALS are missing the point. Hawking died this week at the age of 76. He suffered most of his life from ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.. A local advocate for rights for the disabled is…
HILLIARD, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio high school student says he tried to remain nonpolitical during school walkouts over gun violence and was suspended for a day because he stayed in a classroom instead of joining protests or the alternative, a study hall. Hilliard senior Jacob Shoemaker says school isn’t the place for politics, and…
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON, Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — An innovative pedestrian bridge being built at Florida International University had been put to a “stress test” and its cables were being tightened when it collapsed over traffic, killing six people and sending 10 to a hospital, authorities said. As state and federal investigators worked to determine…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police are investigating after a decomposed body was found in a vacant home in north St. Louis. Investigators say the discovery was made late Thursday afternoon in the 4200 block of San Francisco. There’s no word on the victim’s identity or a cause of death. Anyone with any information should call St.…
By: Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon thought back to the Colorado Avalanche’s struggles last season and couldn’t help but chuckle. “We were out of the (playoff chase) with 30 games left,” he said. Thanks in part to MacKinnon, it’s a much different story this season. MacKinnon had two goals and an assist,…
