St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Three are dead following a violent night in the city of St. Louis. Police say a man in his 20s was fatally shot in the 2200 block of January Avenue in the Hill neighborhood at just before 10 p.m. Sunday. This was followed by another fatal shooting in downtown St. Louis. Police…
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Francisco Liriano tied a Pirates opening day record by striking out 10 and singled home the first run of the 2016 Major League Baseball season for good measure, sending Pittsburgh past the St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 on Sunday. It was 39 degrees when Liriano threw the first pitch of the year. He…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Edwin Shifrin’s family knew he successfully escaped from a Nazi prison camp during World War II, but it wasn’t until one of his children started digging into his wartime past that they learned the details of the clever escape. Shifrin, 93, seldom discussed his time at war, but he received…
( KTRS ) Medical marijuana products in Illinois would be required to carry warning labels about possible side effects under a bill proposed by a Republican lawmaker. Representative Dwight Kay says the goal is to treat medical marijuana like other prescription drugs that warn patients about possible adverse effects. Kay says he would like to…
DENVER (AP) – David Backes started the scoring in a three-goal first period, Anders Nilsson made 19 saves in relief of an apparently injured Jake Allen, and the St. Louis Blues beat Colorado 5-1 on Sunday night as the Avalanche moved to the brink of postseason elimination. Magnus Paajarvi, Colton Parayko and Alex Pietrangelo also…
( KTRS ) Voters in Missouri’s two biggest cities will decide Tuesday whether to renew the decades-old earnings tax that voters overwhelmingly embraced five years ago. The tax requires those who work in Kansas City or St. Louis to pay a 1 percent tax on their pay. Supporters in both cities say losing the revenue…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois House returns to action Monday with a long list of legislation slated for committee hearings – but none about the unsettled budget that should have taken effect last July. Bills up for consideration include regulation of daily fantasy sports betting and easing access to police video under the Freedom…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Deal-maker Donald Trump has lived his life as one long negotiation. He goes with his gut and wings it when necessary. Should Trump become president, the White House could well be transformed into the world’s highest-profile improv club. It’s part of what delights Trump’s followers and horrifies his critics. All of it…
CHICAGO (AP) – The first major research of its kind shows that cholesterol-lowering statins can prevent heart attacks and strokes in a globally diverse group of older people who don’t have heart disease. The results from 21 countries bolster recommendations on who should consider taking the drugs. The aim was to prevent heart disease using…
