ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis County health officials say a ban on some high school sports will continue until the number of coronavirus cases is reduced and they can recommend return to in-person school. The county’s ban on some high school sports, particularly football, has prompted protests and an unsuccessful effort to take away…
Undated (AP) The U.S. Commerce Department said it is prohibiting Chinese-owned TikTok and WeChat from app stores as of Sunday, citing national security and data privacy concerns. Google and Apple, the owners of the major mobile app stores, did not immediately reply to questions. Oracle, which had proposed a deal with TikTok, also did not…
Minneapolis, MN (AP) — Donald Trump almost won Minnesota in 2016 and sees it as a state he can peel away from Democrat Joe Biden in November. That could potentially help insulate him in case he loses any battlegrounds that backed him four years ago. But Minnesota — which hasn’t voted Republican in a presidential…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A California man with ties to a major drug cartel is going to prison after being arrested in a plot to ship drugs to St. Louis. The U.S. Attorney’s office says that 40-year-old Roy William Burris Jr. was sentenced Thursday to 25 years. In September of 2016, Burris, along with other…
Walla Walla, WA (AP) The smoke from dozens of wildfires in the western United States is stretching clear across the country — and even pushing into Mexico, Canada and Europe. While the dangerous plumes are forcing people inside along the West Coast, residents thousands of miles away in the East are seeing unusually hazy skies…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) An area man is facing child molestation charges. St. Louis County Police say that the prosecuting attorney’s office issued warrants Wednesday for 59-year-old Aaron McAllister for 3 counts of first degree child molestation. The probable cause statement says McAllister entered the bedrooms of 3 girls between the ages of 4 and…
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Sally has lumbered ashore near Gulf Shores, Alabama, as a Category 2 storm, with top winds of 105 mph. The coast is being pummeled with sideways rain and beach-covering storm surges. Sally’s northern eyewall raked the Gulf Coast for hours before the center finally made landfall, delivering punishing wind and…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — Hospitalizations for the coronavirus have risen across Missouri in recent days. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that three of the four highest days for hospitalizations have occurred over the past week, based on data from the state health department. The most recent data shows 1,021 patients in hospitals with confirmed or…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Warrants are issued in Sunday night’s officer-involved shooting near the Homer G. Phillips Senior Center in north city. 20-year-old Demond Montrell Lee Jr. has been charged by the Circuit Attorney’s office with one count of Unlawful Use of a Weapon in the incident, which unfolded just after 7 P.M. in the…
Pensacola, FL (AP) — The Florida Panhandle and coastal Alabama are taking a pummeling from a resurgent Hurricane Sally as it moves toward the coast. The storm quickly gained strength early Wednesday to become a Category 2 hurricane with 105 mph winds. With landfall expected some time in the coming hours, tens of thousands are…