(AP) Authorities say a Mississippi woman was airlifted to a hospital after she was injured while trying to get off a moving tram at Silver Dollar City in Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol say the accident happened around noon Sunday. The patrol described the injuries of 64-year-old Sandy Boatner, of Lambert, Mississippi, as serious.…
An Iranian-backed militia says the death toll from U.S. military strikes in Iraq and Syria against its fighters has risen to 25. The militia is vowing to exact revenge for the “aggression of evil American ravens.” Monday’s announcement in Baghdad came a day after U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said U.S. military strikes targeted the…
Washington, D.C. (AP) Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the U.S. has carried out military strikes in Iraq and Syria that send the message that the U.S. will not tolerate actions by Iran that jeopardize American lives. Defense Secretary Mark Esper says the strikes targeted an Iranian-backed Iraqi militia blamed for an attack that killed…
Moline Acres, MO (KTRS) A man is facing manslaughter charges in connection with a fatal shooting in North County. 33-year-old Hutson Grace of the 1900 block of Paducah was arrested Sunday and charged with 1st degree manslaughter in the shooting death of 36-year-old Michael Dillingham. Just after 5:30 P.M. Saturday, officers with the Moline Acres…
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…