Granite City, IL (KTRS) Fire crews are investigating following a massive fire at a metro-east recycling plant. The fire broke out at around 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon at Totall Metal Recycling in the 2700 block of Missouri Avenue in Granite City. 11 different fire departments worked the blaze, which was contained by around 8 P.M.…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stephen Kay was a fresh-faced prosecutor just 27 years old and three years out of law school when circumstances handed him the Charles Manson “family” murder case. Over the next half-century, it would come to define his career and lead to death threats that to this day he worries a Manson…
JEFFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri residents hit by flooding or severe storms in six additional counties can now access federal aid. Gov. Mike Parson on Tuesday announced the Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved the state’s request to expand a federal major disaster declaration. The newly included counties are Callaway, Jefferson, Lewis, McDonald, Newton,…
VATICAN CITY (AP) — At first glance, the handwritten postcards and letters look innocuous, even warm, sometimes signed off by “Uncle T.” or “Your uncle, Father Ted.” But taken in context, the correspondence penned by disgraced ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick to the young men he is accused of sexually abusing or harassing is a window into…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) An effort is underway seeking 500 men interested in volunteering to stand watch at area bus stops for the first week of class. A Better Family Life, The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, and St. Louis Public Schools are organizing an initiative called “neighborhood net” in an effort to improve safety…
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — As authorities in Ohio try to pin down a motive for the weekend’s second U.S. mass shooting and dig into the slain shooter’s life, what they find might also help answer another big question looming over the tragedy: What, if anything, could have stopped it? Police say the gunman was wearing a…
Rock Hill, MO (KTRS) Two men are facing charges in connection with a shooting in Rock Hill that took the life of a Hazelwood man. The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office has charged 25-year-old Rayshaun McDonald and 32-year-old Themon Ryan with second degree murder and armed criminal action in the shooting death of 35-year-old…
AP-US-Texas-Mall-Shooting Aug 03, 2019 9:54PM (GMT 02:54) – 1001 words By CEDAR ATTANASIO, MICHAEL BALSAMO and DIANA HEIDGERD Associated Press Eds: Minor edits. With AP Photos. AP Video. EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A young gunman opened fire in an El Paso, Texas, shopping area packed with as many as 3,000 people during the busy…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — More money is needed address the need for more affordable, permanent and stable homes for Illinois’ most vulnerable residents, even after the governor approved $200 million for the state’s affordable housing program, two Democratic lawmakers said. Sen. Mattie Hunter and Rep. Delia Ramirez, both of Chicago, said the money Gov. J.B.…
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — July saw the highest number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan in a single month since 2017, the U.N. mission said Saturday. Its preliminary findings indicate more than 1,500 civilians were killed or wounded, mainly due to a spike in casualties from insurgent attacks. It did not provide a breakdown of deaths…