LOS ANGELES, CA (AP) — Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says he was the target of “extortion and blackmail” by the publisher of the National Enquirer, which he said threatened to publish revealing personal photos of him unless he stopped investigating how the tabloid obtained his private exchanges with his mistress. Bezos, who is also owner…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A local man is facing life in prison after pleading guilty to distributing more than 400 grams of Fentanyl and other charges. 39-year-old Larry Weeden Jr. entered the guilty plea Thursday. The charges stem from the execution of a search warrant for an apartment in the 3700 block of Wisconsin in…
The defense got underway on day four of the Trenton Forster trial. Forster is charged with first degree murder in the shooting death of St. Louis County Police Officer Blake Snyder in 2016. Relatives of Forster took the stand and described him as anxious and suicidal during the months leading-up to the killing, according to…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump attended the 2019 National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, where speakers addressed the level of division in the country and what one described as a “fracturing of the American family.” The annual gathering brought together members of the president’s Cabinet and members of Congress, including Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.…
Update: A Festus infant and his mother were found unharmed this morning following an AMBER Alert. The AMBER Alert was issued after 35-year-old Margaret Reuther took her five-month-old son, Carl Copeland, Jr. from the family’s home last night after an argument with the child’s father. Reuther reportedly made statements that she was going to harm the…
RICHMOND, VA (AP) — The political crisis in Virginia spun out of control Wednesday when the state’s attorney general confessed to putting on blackface in the 1980s and a woman went public with detailed allegations of sexual assault against the lieutenant governor. With Gov. Ralph Northam’s career already hanging by a thread over a racist…
Troy, MO (KTRS) An Endangered Person Advisory is in effect for a missing Troy, Missouri woman. According to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, 52-year-old Stephani Johnston is described as a white female, 5 feet 8 inches tall, 171 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. She was last seen driving a Silver 2008 GMC Yukon…
Clayton, MO (KTRS)  Testimony continues today in day three of the murder trial for Trenton Forster. Tuesday’s testimony was emotional for the family of Officer Blake Snyder as autopsy photos were shown in the courtroom. Members of Snyder’s family cried and hugged one another during this testimony. Forster is charged in the 2016 shooting death of…
By MARY CLARE JALONICK , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In the panel’s first act since Democrats took the majority, the House intelligence committee is expected to vote Wednesday to send more than 50 interview transcripts from its now-closed Russia investigation to special counsel Robert Mueller. The panel’s new chairman, California Rep. Adam Schiff, has…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — The St. Louis Zoo welcomed a baby boom in recent weeks. Zoo officials announced Tuesday that 11 calves of ungulates — or hoofed mammals — were born in a recent 10-week period. The new animals include three Speke’s gazelles, two addaxes, a Soemmerring’s gazelle, a Grevy’s zebra, two lesser kudus…