Beijing, China (AP) China reported a rise in new virus cases, possibly denting optimism disease control measures that have isolated major cities might be working, while Japan reported dozens of new cases aboard a quarantined cruise ship. The mainland death toll rose by 97 to 908. Japanese health officials said about 60 more cases were…
Cuba, MO (KTRS) A man is dead after he shot and injured a police officer in Crawford County. It all began at around 2 P.M. Saturday when a Cuba Police Officer responded to a domestic disturbance call. The officer entered the residence and attempted to communicate with the man, who fired several shots, one of…
(KTRS)Â St. Louis County Police have a suspect in custody in connection with a double shooting at 8:30 Sunday morning in the 10-thousand 200 block of Valley Drive in North County. Â A 17-year old girl was pronounced dead at the scene and another woman was transported to a local hospital with gunshot wounds. The investigation…
(AP) U.S. military officials says two American soldier  were killed and six wounded in a so-called insider attack in eastern Afghanistan. U.S. officials say an Afghan dressed in an Afghan army uniform opened fire late Saturday in eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province. Afghan officials said one Afghan soldier was also killed, and the gunman died in…
(AP)Â New York City Police Commissioner Dermot Shea says a gunman is in custody after he ambushed police officers in the Bronx twice in 12 hours. Shea says the gunman shot and wounded an officer in an unprovoked attack Saturday evening on a patrol van. Police say the same shooter opened fire Sunday morning at…
Feb 07, 2020 3:51PM (GMT 21:51) The decorated soldier and national security aide who played a central role in the Democrats’ impeachment case against President Donald Trump was escorted out of the White House complex on Friday. David Pressman, an attorney for Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, accused Trump of exacting revenge and said Vindman was…
(KTRS) Mayor Lyda Krewson today signed legislation to guarantee a prevailing wage to skilled workers on large construction projects in the City of St. Louis, an action expected to directly benefit thousands of individuals, including minority and women contractors. The bill was sponsored by 11th Ward Alderwoman Sarah Wood Martin and went on to receive…
(AP)Â The former chief executive officer of a St. Louis area firm has been sentenced to 22 months in prison in a $2.5 million bank fraud scheme. The U.S. attorney’s office says 63-year-old Mary Ann Gibson was sentenced Thursday for inflating the cash flow of her struggling account marketing services company, Mozaic Group Ltd., to…
(AP) China’s ruling Communist Party is faced anger and recriminations from the public over the death of a doctor who was threatened by police after trying to sound the alarm about the new coronavirus over a month ago. The death toll, meanwhile, has risen to nearly 640, and the number of people infected worldwide has…
East St. Louis, IL (KTRS) An area high school is suspending it’s cheerleading program after a fight breaks out with a rival school. The incident occurred Saturday night during the Alton Shootout at Alton High School. That’s where a ‘cheer battle’ between East St. Louis and Trinity Catholic high schools escalated into a brawl. East…