ST. LOUIS (AP) — The white St. Louis couple charged for waving guns during a racial injustice protest outside their home in June made their first court appearance on felony charges. Mark and Patricia McCloskey were in court briefly Monday morning and did not enter a plea. The judge continued their case until Oct. 6.…
Beijing, China (AP) — The government in China’s Xinjiang region is imposing draconian measures to combat the coronavirus, including physically locking people in homes and arresting those who do not comply with strict quarantines of more than 40 days. Some residents are forced to swallow traditional Chinese medicine, according to government notices, social media posts…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS / AP) Authorities say a St. Louis police officer who was shot in the head while responding to a shooting on the city’s south side has died. Twenty-nine-year-old Tamarris Bohannon had been with the department for nearly four years. A second officer who was shot in the leg Sunday was treated…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis Alderman Larry Arnowitz pleads guilty and is sentenced for using campaign funds illegally. The 66-year old was first elected to serve the 12th ward in 2011. He was sentenced to 18 months after entering the plea to one count of mail fraud related to his illegal use of campaign…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Civil rights advocates have begun gathering to highlight the scourge of police and vigilante violence against Black Americans at a commemoration of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Thousands gathered at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, where the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his historic “I Have…
Kenosha, WI (AP) — Prosecutors have charged a 17-year-old from Illinois in the fatal shooting of two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and the wounding of a third. Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley filed five felony charges against Kyle Rittenhouse Thursday afternoon. He could face a mandatory life sentence if convicted of first-degree intentional homicide,…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Personal Protective Equipment vending machines are now available at four specific locations at Lambert Airport. Hudson, a New Jersey-based company, and St. Louis-based AVendCo, are supplying the machines. The vending machines can be found prior to security as well as in one of the airport’s concourses. In a release, the airport…
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis-area hospitals have seen a sudden and “alarming” spike in hospitalizations for the coronavirus, and the leader of the region’s pandemic task force is imploring residents to wear face coverings and practice social distancing. For several weeks, the number of new daily admissions for COVID-19 had hovered around 40. But…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will lash out at the Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention speech Thursday evening,. He is telling voters that the former vice president will pursue the “most extreme set of proposals ever put forward by a major party nominee.” Trump has…
Delcambre, LA (AP) — Laura has made landfall in southwestern Louisiana near the Texas border as a menacing Category 4 hurricane. The storm’s power has raised fears of a 20-foot storm surge that forecasters say would be “unsurvivable” and capable of sinking entire communities on the Texas and Louisiana coast. Authorities implored coastal residents to…