St. Louis, MO (KTRS) An area man who fled from police is headed to prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. According to the U.S. Attorney’s office, 26-year-old Leneko Waller was sentenced to 5 years Thursday. The plea agreement says that back in October of 2019, St. Louis Police…
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley is urging Attorney General William Barr to launch a federal civil rights investigation of St. Louis’ elected prosecutor. Hawley is accusing Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner of abusing her power in her investigation of a white couple who wielded guns while defending their home during a protest. Mark…
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a million Americans sought unemployment benefits last week. That’s the word from a Labor Department report that indicates companies are cutting more jobs as the coronavirus surges through the Sunbelt and some of the nation’s most populous states. Layoffs in Florida, Georgia and California rose by tens of thousands. The…
Terre Haute, IN (AP) — The Supreme Court has cleared the way for a second federal execution in as many days. The high court by a 5-4 vote early Thursday lifted two court orders keeping the execution of Wesley Ira Purkey on hold. Purkey was convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 16-year-old girl before…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Two police officers are recovering after being injured following a shooting in south city. The incident unfolded shortly before 12:30 P.M. Wednesday in the 3100 block of Pennsylvania, which is the city’s Tower Grove East neighborhood. That’s where officers responded to a shooting call and found a 23-year-old man suffering from…
ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump is ready to roll back an influential environmental law from the Nixon-era that Trump says infrastructure projects. But the law is credited ensuring decades of scrutiny of major projects and giving local communities a say. Trump is in Atlanta to announce the changes to regulations for how and when…
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart has become the latest major retailer to require customers to wear face coverings at all of its namesake and Sam’s Club stores. The nation’s largest retailer said the policy will go into effect on Monday to give the company time to inform stores and customers. The Bentonville, Arkansas-based company said…
Mobile, AL (AP) — Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has lost the Republican nomination for his old Senate seat in Alabama to former college football coach Tommy Tuberville. The defeat likely ends Sessions’ long political career, a bitter loss egged on by President Donald Trump. Tuberville is familiar to Alabamians from his decade as…
Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) Missouri now has it’s first confirmed case of a virus that affects hooved livestock, including horses and cattle. The Missouri Department of Agriculture says that Missouri State Veterinarian Dr. Steve Strubberg announced the state’s first case of Vesicular Stomatitis in a horse in Newton County Tuesday. Missouri is the seventh state…
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus is rising sharply in some areas near St. Louis, and hospitalizations in the region are starting to increase too. Data from the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force shows that the seven-day average for coronavirus-related hospitalizations in the region is now 28,…