(AP) Michael Bloomberg has hired a top staff member from a rival Democratic campaign for his nascent presidential bid. His campaign spokespeople said Wednesday that Kelly Mehlenbacher has joined as deputy chief operating officer. She had been working for California Sen. Kamala Harris’ 2020 presidential campaign. She previously worked on Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential bid.…
Kirkwood, MO (KTRS) Kirkwood Police need your help identifying and finding the man responsible for an armed robbery. The incident occurred Thursday at around 3:30 PM at a business located in the 400 block of North Kirkwood Road. The man displayed a knife and demanded cash before fleeing on foot. The suspect is described as…
(AP) A super PAC formed to support Cory Booker’s Democratic presidential campaign is shutting down. The group’s founder, San Francisco lawyer Steve Phillips, indicated in a news release Wednesday that Dream United had struggled to raise money. Booker, a New Jersey senator, has publicly disavowed support from super PACs, which aren’t required to disclose their…
KANSAS CITY, MO (AP) — Prosecutors charged a southwest Missouri man Wednesday with second-degree murder, alleging he killed his wife in 2015 by hitting her in the head with a hammer and strangling her before stowing the body in a freezer at a storage unit. Fifty-seven-year-old Larry Dinwiddie, of Marshfield, was also charged with abandonment…
COLUMBIA, MO (AP) — Missouri health officials are offering an online option for reporting adult abuse and neglect after an investigation found the state was answering fewer than half of the hotline calls. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said Monday in a news release announcing the new system that it would provide a secure…
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s rally in Florida (all times local): 8:15 p.m. President Donald Trump is slamming the news media while telling a Florida audience that the impeachment inquiry went quite well for him over the last two weeks. Trump is holding a reelection rally in Sunrise,…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The new western headquarters of the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) is one step closer to becoming a reality. A groundbreaking ceremony was held Tuesday morning for the $1.7-billion project in historic old north St. Louis. The event drew hundreds, including national, state, and local lawmakers. U.S. Senator Roy Blunt is…
NORFOLK, VA (AP) — New presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg traveled to the city that hosts the world’s largest Navy base on Monday and blasted President Donald Trump over the recent ouster of the nation’s Navy secretary. For the first stop of his Democratic campaign, Bloomberg went to Norfolk, where he criticized Trump over the firing…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) An Endangered Silver Advisory is in effect for a missing St. Louis county man. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, 76-year-old Ronald Webb went missing at around 6:30 P.M. Monday. Webb is identified as a white male, 6 feet 3 inches tall, 220 pounds with gray hair and brown eyes. He…
St. Charles County, MO (KTRS) The suspect in the 1993 murder of 9-year-old Angie Housman pleaded not guilty during an arraignment hearing on Monday morning. Earl Cox waived his right to appear during the hearing in a St. Charles County courtroom. Instead his defense attorney entered the not guilty plea on his behalf. In October, a…