WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. military is accelerating its attacks on tanker trucks used by the Islamic State to haul oil for its lucrative smuggling operations. A U.S. spokesman in Baghdad said Monday that the U.S. hit 283 oil tanker trucks in eastern Syria on Saturday as part of a concerted campaign to cripple the…
ROCKVILLE, Conn. (AP) – A former University of Connecticut student who went on a drunken, obscenity-laced tirade about jalapeno-bacon macaroni and cheese last month has applied for probation. The Hartford Courant reports that Luke Gatti applied for accelerated rehabilitation on Monday at Rockville Superior Court. The 19-year-old former freshman from Bayville, New York, faces misdemeanor…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The busy Thanksgiving travel season is underway at Lambert Airport. Airport officials say the travel season which began on Friday, increases up to twenty-percent. The biggest single travel day of the holiday for Lambert is project on Sunday. Lambert, TSA and Airline officials offer a number of travel tips to make…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A space heated in believed to have caused a weekend fire in north St. Louis that claimed the lives of three children. That’s according to fire investigators in Sunday morning’s fire along the 4900 block of Plover Avenue. Two adults and eight children were inside of the burning two-story structure when…
( KTRS ) Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is releasing a list of toys and children’s products that have been recalled in the past year. Madigan’s office says she’ll be joined by consumer product safety advocates on Monday to issue her annual Safe Shopping Guide. Her office says the list is aimed at ensuring a safe…
BALTIMORE (AP) – Justin Tucker kicked a 47-yard field goal as time expired, and the Baltimore Ravens rallied from a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter to beat the bumbling St. Louis Rams 16-13 Sunday. In a game filled with mistakes and penalties, one final miscue decided the issue. Rams quarterback Case Keenum fumbled when…
( KTRS ) Efforts to provide cannabis oil to some Missourians with a severe type of epilepsy are starting slowly, primarily because most neurologists in the state are unable or unwilling to certify patients to try it. The Missouri Legislature in 2014 legalized cannabis oil to treat intractable epilepsy, which can’t be controlled by other…
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) – A 21-year-old man has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for killing the owner of an East St. Louis beauty supply store two years ago during an attempted robbery. John Paraham of East St. Louis pleaded guilty Friday in St. Clair County Court to first-degree murder in the death of…
