GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — Hurricane Laura is rapidly intensifying and forecasters now expect it to become a Category 4 hurricane. It’s already a Category 3 storm as it approaches Texas and Louisiana, with landfall expected overnight. Stacy Stewart at the National Hurricane Center says some people are going to wake up Thursday and not believe…
Washington D.C. (AP) — First lady Melania Trump cast her husband as the best hope for America’s future in a Rose Garden address Tuesday night. President Donald Trump turned to family, farmers and the trappings of the presidency on the second night of the scaled-down Republican National Convention. Trump himself pardoned a reformed felon, used…
Lebanon, MO (KTRS) The newborn baby girl who was the subject of Tuesday’s Amber Alert is found safe. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, the little girl was found at around 8:30 Tuesday night in Laclede County. The alert was issued Tuesday afternoon out of Lebanon, Missouri, when Steven Bohlinger and another man were supposed…
NEW YORK (AP) — The number of Americans newly diagnosed with the coronavirus is falling — a development experts credit at least partly to increased wearing of masks — even as the outbreak continues to claim nearly 1,000 lives in the U.S. each day. About 43,000 new cases have been reported daily over the past…
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s biggest university campuses are reporting large numbers of students with confirmed cases of the coronavirus as in-person classes resume for the fall semester. The University of Missouri-Columbia’s COVID-19 online dashboard cites 159 known active cases of the virus, and 168 total positive tests since the university began receiving data from…
Washington D.C. (AP) — Republicans opened Monday night’s prime-time convention with dark warnings about America’s future if President Donald Trump doesn’t win a second term. But then two of the Republican Party’s rising stars, both people of color, offered an optimistic view of Trump’s leadership. They cast him as a protector of religious freedom, the…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) MoDOT says that part of I-270 in north county will be closed this weekend. Crews will close the highway in both directions starting at 9 P.M. Friday until 5 A.M. Monday to demolish the Washington / Elizabeth Bridge. Westbound traffic will be forced to exit at Washington / Elizabeth, then proceed…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Three St. Louisans who made headlines in the days of civil unrest following the death of George Floyd will be featured this week at the Republican National Convention. Mark and Patricia McCloskey speak Monday night to the gathering in Charlotte, North Carolina. They made international news when they were photographed brandishing…
SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Three giant Northern California wildfires are still burning around the San Francisco Bay Area but weather has given firefighters a break. Fire commanders are reporting more humid conditions and less wind Monday rather than another feared round of gusts and lightning. But authorities stress that fire conditions remain dangerous. Six…
Washington D.C. (AP) — One of President Donald Trump’s most influential and longest-serving advisers, Kellyanne Conway, says she will be leaving the White House at the end of the month. Conway was Trump’s campaign manager during the stretch run of the 2016 race, and she was the first woman to successfully steer a White House…