MAPLEWOOD, Mo. (AP) — A Honduran immigrant who has spent 3 1/2 years living inside a Missouri church to avoid deportation has finally stepped outside. Alex Garcia left the church in suburban St. Louis on Wednesday after a promise from President Joe Biden’s administration to let him be. Garcia is a married father of five.…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former U.S. attorney will be the special prosecutor in the case of a St. Louis couple who waved guns at racial injustice protesters last summer. Circuit Judge Steven Ohmer on Wednesday named Richard Callahan to prosecute the case against Mark and Patricia McCloskey. Callahan was U.S. attorney in St. Louis…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Lottery officials say someone won $3 million on a Mega Millions ticket sold in St. Louis. The lucky winner bought the ticket for Tuesday night’s Mega Millions at a Gas Mart at 209 E. Grand Ave. in St. Louis. The ticket matched all five white ball numbers to win…
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — States are not willing to wait for more federal help and have been moving ahead with their own coronavirus relief packages. Maryland and California recently approved help for small businesses, the poor, the jobless and those needing child care. New Mexico and Pennsylvania are funneling grants directly to cash-starved businesses. The…
HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge has indefinitely banned President Joe Biden’s administration from enforcing a 100-day moratorium on most deportations. U.S. District Judge Drew Tipton late Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction sought by Texas, which argued the moratorium violated federal law and risked imposing additional costs on the state. Biden proposed the 100-day pause…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) — Kirkwood police continue to look for a teenager who has not been seen since for almost a week. Police say 13-year-old Savannah Walker was last seen leaving her residence on foot in the 400 block of Meachem around 3:30 Friday afternoon. Walker is a 5-foot-4, 120 pound African-American female who was…