CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A Confederate monument that helped spark a violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, has been hoisted off its stone pedestal and hauled away to storage. Work to remove the statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee began early Saturday morning. Crews also took down a statue of Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson.…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A 12-year-old girl swept away by flooding in St. Louis has died. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the girl was riding in a car on Interstate 70 near St. Louis Lambert International Airport on Saturday when the vehicle was swept into a large concrete storm drain. Missouri Highway Patrol Cpl. Juston…
ST. ANN, Mo. (AP) — Federal agents are joining the search for three men who escaped a suburban St. Louis jail. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the men escaped from the St. Ann jail Friday. The U.S. Marshals Service is looking for 38-year-old Walter Wilson, 47-year-old Jason William Woolbright and 31-year-old Joshua Brown. Wilson and…