LAMAR, Mo. (AP) — A 39-year-old former student teacher in southwestern Missouri has been sentenced to four years in prison for sending nude photographs of herself to three 13-year-old male students back in 2017. The Joplin Globe reports that former at Lamar Middle School teacher Emily Edson was sentenced last week to four years for…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Tuesday sued Google for antitrust violations, alleging that it abused its dominance in online search and advertising to stifle competition and harm consumers. The litigation marks the government’s most significant act to protect competition since its groundbreaking case against Microsoft more than 20 years ago. The suit could…
Norristown, PA (AP) The Republican Party has cut into Democrats’ advantage in voter registration tallies across some critical presidential battleground states, a fact they point to as evidence of steady — and overlooked — enthusiasm for President Donald Trump and his party. Even as Trump trails in national polls and struggles with fundraising, Republicans see…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Homicide detectives are investigating after a man is found dead inside a stolen car in north city. Just before 5 P.M. Monday, officers responded to an “accident with injuries” call in the 3700 block of Finney, which is in the city’s Covenant Blu Grand Center neighborhood. Upon arrival they found a…
NEW YORK (AP) — After shutdowns swept entire nations during the first surge of the coronavirus earlier this year, some countries and U.S. states are trying more targeted measures as cases rise again around the world. New York’s new round of coronavirus shutdowns zeroes in on individual neighborhoods, closing schools and businesses in hot spots…
Chesterfield, MO (KTRS) A 20-year old Chesterfield man is charged in the death of an Urgent Care employee in west St. Louis County Sunday night. In a release, the Ballwin Police Department reported that Trenton Geiger was driving in the 25-hundred block of Clarkson Road when he lost control of his car and struck 25-year…
Carson City, NV (AP) — President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden have been on offense, with each campaigning in states they’re trying to flip during the Nov. 3 election that’s just over two weeks away. Trump began Sunday in Nevada, making a rare visit to church before an evening rally in Carson…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A man is hospitalized in critical condition following a shooting in the city’s Fox Park Neighborhood. It happened early Sunday morning in the 2800 block of Gravois in South St. Louis. That’s where officers responded to a call and found a 29-year-old man in the passenger seat of a vehicle, suffering…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force reports the area had a sobering week in the effort to stop the spread of the Corona- virus. At his Friday press conference Task Force Head Dr. Alex Garza addressed admissions data from the region’s hospitals. New hospital admissions increased from 37* yesterday to…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Rising coronavirus cases in key presidential battleground states are the latest worry for election officials and voters a little more than two weeks before Election Day. The prospect of poll workers backing out at the last minute because they are infected, quarantined or scared of getting sick has local election officials…