One of the country’s most popular and versatile singers, B.J. Thomas, has died. He was 78. Thomas was a Grammy-winning singer who enjoyed success on the pop, country and gospel charts with such hits as “I Just Can’t Help Believing,” “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head” and “Hooked on a Feeling.” A statement released by…
CEDAR HILL, Mo. (AP) — A St. Louis-area man has been shot to death and an officer has been wounded in what authorities said was an hourslong standoff between the man and a sheriff’s department tactical team investigating a potential homicide. Authorities said Saturday that they later found another body inside the man’s home. The…
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (AP) — A police officer has been injured after being shot at by a robbery suspect in a south St. Louis neighborhood. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that the officer suffered an injury near his eye Friday evening. It was possibly from broken glass and he was taken to a hospital but…