WASHINGTON (AP) – Former Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson avoided questions over whether Donald Trump is fit to lead the country after making comments viewed as encouraging violence at his rallies. Speaking on NBC’s “Today” Monday, Carson, who endorsed Trump last week, acknowledged that he might not use the same rhetoric that Trump uses at his…
Venice, IL (KTRS) Police need the public’s help in identifying a man whose body was found in the Mississippi River over the weekend. The victim was discovered in the river near Venice at around noon on Saturday. The victim is described as a white male, 6’00 tall, 240 pounds with multiple tattoos. One tattoo is the…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Voters will be heading to the polls on Tuesday for the Missouri and Illinois primaries. This has prompted several presidential campaign stops in both states in recent days and more are expected on Monday. Chelsea Clinton will stump for her mother, Hillary Clinton in Columbia, Clayton, and St. Louis. Hillary Clinton…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The police chief in Kansas City, Missouri is defending his officers’ use of pepper spray in handling protesters outside of Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s rally Saturday night. Chief Darryl Forte says in a series of tweets and on his blog that the protesters included a “heavy presence of known…
CIMARRON, Kan. (AP) – An Amtrak train derailed in southwest Kansas, sending eleven people to the hospital. An Amtrak statement says the train was traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago early Monday when it derailed just after midnight about 20 miles west of Dodge City. Kansas Highway Patrol communication specialist Patricia Munford says five train…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – A St. Louis County man is jailed on $750,000 cash bond after being accused of what authorities described as a drug-related shooting death. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1nHuAhj ) reports that 25-year-old Marlon Deandre Griffin is charged with second-degree murder, armed criminal action and distribution of a controlled substance. He’s accused…
( KTRS/AP ) Three of Missouri’s top four lawmakers are claiming they are exempt from having to release their emails and daily calendars under the Missouri Sunshine Law. The Associated Press requested the information as part of a national Sunshine Week project conducted in all 50 states. Senate President Pro Tem Ron Richard, Senate Minority…
CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) – Southern Illinois University’s Center for Archaeological Investigations has a new piece of equipment that can help give a picture of what’s below the surface. The (Carbondale) Southern Illinoisan (http://bit.ly/1U0tawv ) reports the center has obtained a $28,000 ground-penetrating radar unit. The equipment is pushed like a lawnmower and has a type…
