HANNIBAL, Mo. (AP) — City leaders in the historic northeast Missouri hometown of Mark Twain have been talking about renovating the area along Twain’s beloved Mississippi River for three decades, and now, that work is about to begin. The Hannibal Courier-Post reports that the city council recently approved a $6.6 million contract for riverfront renovations.…
By MARTHA MENDOZA , Associated Press PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — There’s a sweet legend about this town: On a blazing summer day in the 1850s, a lumber mill crew with wagon and ox took a break under a grove of tall evergreens. The air was cool, the pine needles fragrant. “Boys,” said the team boss, “this…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) — A suspect is being sought after a woman was robbed at gunpoint while clearing snow from her car in north St. Louis. Police say early Thursday morning, a man walked up to the 41-year-old woman in the 3600 block of Fillmore Street pointed a gun, and announced a holdup. He got…
By GARY FINEOUT and BRENDAN FARRINGTON , Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A hand recount began Friday in Florida’s acrimonious U.S. Senate contest after an initial review by ballot-counting machines showed Republican Gov. Rick Scott and Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson separated by fewer than 13,000 votes out of more than 8 million cast. Under…
(KTRS) St. Louis MOÂ Three separate people and a Family Dollar store were held up by gunpoint in St. Louis during the snow storm Thursday morning. St. Louis Police report that a 16-year-old girl was approached by two men with a gun in the 42 hundred block of Grand overnight. Then around 5 A.M., a…
By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG , Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Friday that it will deport an American citizen it detained one month ago for illegally entering the country. The announcement suggests that North Korea still wants to maintain the mood for dialogue with the United States despite stalled nuclear…
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Bass Pro Shops pulled a used 1978 Winchester rifle commemorating the Cherokee Trail of Tears from one of its Arkansas store’s shelves and apologized to the tribe after a photo of the gun led to calls to boycott the outdoor gear chain. A customer in Rogers, Arkansas, posted photos of the…
Eds: Updates with information from Philadelphia. Restructures story. Revises summary, headline. AP Video. Audio. With AP Photos. NEW YORK (AP) — One of the first big storms of the season moved across the eastern half of the country Thursday, contributing to at least seven traffic deaths and closing schools as it dropped snow as far…
By: Jill Enders St. Louis County, MO (KTRS)  It was a parent’s worst nightmare. Nine-year-old Angie Housman disappeared on November 18, 1993 after getting off of the school bus in St. Ann. Although there was so shortage in manpower to find the missing fourth grader, the case left investigators baffled. Robert Lowery, Jr. was the commander…
St. Louis, MOÂ (KTRS)Â The major winter storm has resulted in hundreds of school closings, along with other cancellations. School Closings Academy at Day Spring | CLOSED Academy of St. Louis – Chesterfield | CLOSED Affton School District | CLOSED Al Manara Academy | CLOSED Al Salam Day School | CLOSED All Saints Academy –…