The Coast Guard is searching for a tour helicopter that disappeared in Hawaii with seven people aboard. Authorities say the helicopter’s owner called for help about 45 minutes after the chopper was due back from a tour of Kauai’s Na Pali Coast on Thursday evening. Two of the passengers are believed to be minors. Steep terrain,…
Tributes are pouring in from across Broadway in honor of Tony Award-winning composer Jerry Herman. The artists behind the cheerful, good-natured music and lyrics for such classic shows as “Mame,” “Hello, Dolly!” and “La Cage aux Folles” died Thursday at 88. Bernadette Peters, Harvey Fierstein and Carolee Carmello were among the stars mourning his loss.…
Columbia, MO (AP) A plea deal with prosecutors means that a Missouri man convicted in a fatal stabbing will spend far less time in prison than he was originally ordered to serve. Anthony Shegog was sentenced to 30 years in prison after his second-degree murder conviction in the 2014 death of Wayne Lige in Columbia.…
Almaty, Kazakhstan (AP) A Kazakhstan plane with 98 people aboard has crashed shortly after takeoff early Friday, killing at least 12 people, while 49 were hospitalized with injuries. Authorities had earlier put the death toll at 15 but later revised it downward, without explaining why. The aircraft hit a concrete fence and a two-story building…
(KTRS) Sunset Hills Police are looking for the public’s help in identifying a suspect in a car theft at a gas station in the 10700 block of Watson Road on December 20. A 2016 Silver Lexus GX470 was stolen from a female victim as she was preparing to purchase gasoline at the pump. The suspect…
The effort to get a new trial for a man who has spent nearly 25 years in prison for a murder he claims he didn’t commit is headed to the Missouri Supreme Court. A Missouri appeals court on Tuesday referred the Lamar Johnson case to the state Supreme Court. St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner…
Some Americans separated from loved ones by the Trump administration’s travel ban have gone as far as suing the government in federal court. The lawsuits are aimed at obtaining waivers, which are supposed to help family members make it past the ban and to the United States. Lawyers say the complaints have helped people who…
Ashkelon, Israel (AP) Israel says a rocket from Gaza has been intercepted over its southern territories. The attack caused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be hustled from a stage during an election rally Wednesday in the city of Ashkelon. There have been no reports of casualties and no Palestinian group has claimed responsibility. The newspaper…
Barnhart, MO (KTRS) The Missouri Highway Patrol is investigating a motorcycle accident in Jefferson County that leaves a Desoto man dead. It happened shortly before 2:30 P.M. Wednesday on I-55 near Route M in Barnhart. That’s where 48-year-old Leon Barnett was riding his motorcycle and was hit from behind by an SUV. He was thrown…
Paris (AP) The rector of Notre Dame Cathedral says the Paris landmark is still so fragile that it might not be entirely saved. He told The Associated Press that reconstruction work after this year’s fire probably won’t start until 2021. He says experts must first remove scaffolding that was on the cathedral before the fire,…