Tehran, Iran (AP) Iranian investigators say the crew of the Ukrainian jetliner that crashed outside Tehran the previous day never made a radio call for help and were trying to turn back to the airport when the plane went down. Iran’s civil aviation authority made the comments in a preliminary crash report released on Thursday.…
Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s campaign has outraised Democratic challenger Nicole Galloway in recent months. Parson’s campaign on Wednesday announced it brought in about $540,000 between October and December and has $1.4 million in cash on hand for his bid to keep office. Galloway raised about $445,000 in the same time…
(AP) In a stunning declaration, Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, said they are planning “to step back” as senior members of the royal family and “work to become financially independent.” A statement issued by the couple Wednesday evening also said they intend to “balance” their time between the U.K. and North America. The…
(AP) Authorities say a deadly St. Louis-area ATM shooting happened when two guards got into a gunfight with two would-be robbers and killed one of the assailants. St. Louis County police on Wednesday identified the man killed as 19-year-old Jordan Pruitt, of St. Louis. Police said in a news release that the guards were confronted…
Changes to redistricting and how to curb violence in Missouri’s biggest cities are expected to priorities in the state Legislature this year. Lawmakers kicked off the 2020 session Wednesday. Republican leaders say they want to send voters yet another proposed change to how legislative districts are drawn. Voters in 2018 voted in favor of a…
(AP) President Donald Trump says Iran appears to be “standing down” and said no Americans or Iraqis were harmed in Iran’s Tuesday ballistic missile strike on two Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops. The Iranian strikes had come days after Trump authorized the targeted killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force.…
Shahedshahr, Iran (AP) An Iranian emergency official says a crash has killed all those on board a Ukrainian commercial airliner that took off from Tehran. The official made the comment after the crash on Wednesday morning. He said rescuers were trying to collect the dead. The plane went down in farmland outside of Iran’s capital,…
Ferguson, MO (KTRS) Police are investigating a double shooting in north county. The incident occurred shortly after 4 P.M. Tuesday in the 900 block of Airport Road. That’s where officers found two men suffering from gunshot wounds. The men were taken to an area hospital with unknown injuries. The motive behind the shooting is unknown.…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Overdue library books won’t be costly for St. Louis borrowers anymore. Directors of the public library systems in St. Louis and St. Louis County announced Tuesday that they are joining a growing number of lenders that have stopped charging late fees. The push to drop fines gained steam last year after…
(AP) A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Puerto Rico before dawn on Tuesday, killing one man, injuring at least eight other people and collapsing buildings in the southern part of the island. The quake was followed by a series of strong aftershocks, part of a 10-day series of temblors spawned by the grinding of tectonic plates along…