SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Dozens of people trapped on a scuba diving boat that caught fire off the Southern California coast appear to have died from smoke inhalation, not burns, authorities said Friday. “The indicators are from the preliminary examination of the bodies that the victims died prior to being burned,” Santa Barbara County…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The top aide to former St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for helping Stenger carry out his pay-for-play scheme. A judge on Friday sentenced Bill Miller, Stenger’s chief of staff. Miller pleaded guilty in May to theft of honest services through bribery and wire…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Governor Mike Parson is pledging more resources to help combat gun violence in the city of St. Louis. The Governor met with St. Louis clergy members on Thursday to discuss the issue.Parson said he would seek funding to curb violence and address long-term solutions such as education and job training. He…
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Robert Mugabe, the former leader of Zimbabwe forced to resign in 2017 after a 37-year rule whose early promise was eroded by economic turmoil, disputed elections and human rights violations, has died. He was 95. His successor President Emmerson Mnangagwa confirmed Mugabe’s death in a tweet Friday, mourning him as an…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A suspected bank robber wanted by the FBI is now in police custody. 37-year-old Shayne McKee, a.k.a Shayne Shaw, was arrested Thursday. He was wanted for allegedly robbing the St. Louis Community Credit Union in Jennings back in May of 2018.