(AP) A St. Louis County man is accused of shooting his wife and killing her father when the older man tried to intervene. Prosecutors on Friday charged James Kempf with second-degree murder, assault and two counts of armed criminal action. Police also identified the man killed as 66-year-old John Colter. Kempf remains on the loose.…
(AP) China is expanding its lockdown against the deadly new virus to an unprecedented 36 million people and rushing to build a prefabricated, 1,000-bed hospital for victims as the outbreak cast a pall over Lunar New Year, the country’s biggest and most festive holiday. The number of confirmed cases around the world has climbed sharply…
(KTRS) Ferguson Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a suspect following an early morning car theft and high speed chase that resulted in a collision with several vehicles including a school bus. After the collision, the three suspects fled the scene on foot near North Florissant Road and Suburban. Two of the…
Beijing, China (AP) China is swiftly building a hospital dedicated to treating patients infected by a new virus that has killed 26 people, sickened hundreds and prompted lockdowns of at least 10 cities on the eve of the country’s most important holiday. Transportation was halted and streets were eerily quiet in the locked-down cities as…
St. Louis, MO (AP) Twenty of the top women’s hockey players in the world will be part of NHL All-Star Weekend. It’s the NHL’s most prominent move yet to promote the women’s game. But there’s still plenty of uncertainty about what it means for the future of women’s hockey. There’s an ongoing stalemate between the…
Osage, IA (AP) With Iowa caucus voting just over a week away, each of the Democratic Party’s leading presidential candidates has glaring holes in his or her political bases. The gaps raise questions about the candidates’ ability to build a coalition like the one Barack Obama built. The Democratic Party’s last successful nominee relied largely…
Edwardsville, IL (KTRS) The man charged in the stabbing death of a prominent metro-east attorney pleads not guilty. 28-year-old Timothy Banowetz pled not guilty to 10 felony charges Thursday in the death of Edwardsville Lawyer, Randy Gori. He was indicted by a grand jury earlier in the day. Banowetz is accused of killing Gori in…