RIVERVIEW, Mo. (AP) — A man charged with murder in August in St. Louis County is dead following another shooting. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 21-year-old Demarcus Pierce was found by Riverview police Friday morning. He died Saturday at a hospital. St. Louis County police took over the investigation and are trying to determine…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is telling senators she would bring no “agenda” to the court, batting back questions on abortion, gun rights and other hot-button issues. She declined to say whether or not she would recuse herself from any post-election disputes that might arise from the Nov. 3 election between…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The victim in Monday morning’s homicide in north city is identified. St. Louis Police say 47-year-old Bryan Wright was gunned down at around 10 o’clock in the 22-hundred block of Sullivan, in the city’s St. Louis Place neighborhood. That’s where Wright was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was later…
Grand Rapids, MI (AP) — Five men accused in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will appear in federal court for a hearing on whether they should be detained before trial. U.S. Magistrate Judge Sally Berens will oversee the bail and detention proceeding in Grand Rapids Tuesday. Adam Fox, Ty Garbin, Kaleb Franks,…
DESOTO, Mo. (AP) — Family members have identified four people killed in an eastern Missouri house fire as a couple, their daughter and a granddaughter. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that those killed were 76-year-old Joe Detter and his 74-year-old wife, Frances Detter; their daughter, 37-year-old Sherri Detter; and granddaughter, 18-year-old Kari Detter. Two men…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats branded Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett a threat to Americans’ health care during the coronavirus pandemic Monday at the start of a fast-tracked hearing that Republicans are confident will end with Barrett’s confirmation to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before Election Day. In a competing effort to…
Washington D.C. (AP) — Confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett are set to begin. The Senate is charging ahead Monday morning on President Donald Trump’s pick to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and cement a conservative majority on the court before Election Day. In prepared remarks for the Judiciary Committee…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Charges are filed in Saturday afternoon’s quadruple shooting in Jennings. County Police say that 40-year-old Joseph Jones was charged Sunday with 2 counts of 1st degree murder and other crimes. Officers responded to a call in the 8800 block of Shannon Fox Circle just before 1:30. Upon arrival they found 4…
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Parents around the United States are deciding whether to keep their children in public schools as the pandemic extends into a new academic year. Their choices could exacerbate the financial problems of school systems that receive state funding for every student they enroll. With preliminary attendance figures showing unexpected enrollment…
Abbeville, LA (AP) — Major Hurricane Delta is spinning across the Gulf of Mexico toward an expected landfall in coming hours along the U.S. Gulf Coast. The dangerous storm is apparently set to target the same area of southwest Louisiana battered by Hurricane Laura six weeks ago. Businesses have already boarded up and people have…