ST. LOUIS (AP) – Graveside services are planned for former St. Louis newspaper reporter and editor Sue Ann Wood. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1TYWAf7) reports that Wood was 85 when she died Thursday a Kirkwood nursing home, where she had residence since August because of advanced multiple sclerosis. Wood joined the former St. Louis Globe-Democrat…
( KTRS ) Police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found in the Mississippi River, near Venice, Illinois. Authorities are requesting help identifying the man who had tattoos on his chest reading “Zachary” and “Family Forever.” The body was found Saturday. The death is being investigated by the Illinois State Police and…
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police say two officers sustained injuries when supporters of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump clashed with protesters after he abruptly canceled a campaign rally. Police say the two officers were taken to a hospital for treatment and released. No other details about their injuries were available. Police say no other injuries…
DALLAS (AP) — President Barack Obama says politicians who aspire to lead the country should try to bring Americans together, not divide them. Obama says candidates who won’t do that don’t deserve the public’s support and votes. He says the best leaders remind Americans that what they have common is more important than their differences.…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Governor Jay Nixon has nominated a University of Missouri junior to be the next student representative to the university system’s board of curators. The Columbia Missourian reports that if the state Senate confirms the nomination of Gene Patrick Graham, a junior, he’ll serve as a nonvoting member of the board until…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Vladimir Tarasenko had two goals and an assist, Jake Allen got his fifth straight win and the St. Louis Blues beat the Anaheim Ducks 5-2 on Friday night. Jori Lehtera and Patrik Berglund sparked St. Louis with third-period goals 64 seconds apart for a 3-1 lead. Paul Stastny also scored for…
JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Yadier Molina caught five innings and took three called strikes in his lone at-bat for the St. Louis Cardinals in a 4-3 victory over an Atlanta Braves split squad on Friday. Braves starter Jhoulys Chacin, who allowed three hits in three scoreless innings, had been unaware Molina wouldn’t be putting up…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The St. Louis Blues have signed defenseman Carl Gunnarsson to a three-year, $8.7 million contract extension. The 29-year-old Gunnarsson has two goals, five assists and a plus-6 rating in 62 games this season. The team announced the deal Friday. Since arriving in a trade from Toronto in June 2014, Gunnarsson has…
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) – Infielder David Freese and the Pittsburgh Pirates have agreed to a $3 million, one-year contract. The 32-year-old, an All-Star with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2012, hit .257 with 27 doubles, 14 homers and 56 RBIs last year with the Los Angeles Angels. He has a .276 career average with 68…
