EDWARDSVILLE, IL (AP) — Murder charges have been filed against a southern Illinois man in the shooting death of a Godfrey village official. Donald Nelson of Alton was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder in the death of 87-year-old Godfrey Village Board member Eldon Williams on Tuesday. According to Madison County Circuit Court documents, the 34-year-old…
MEXICO BEACH, FL (AP) — More than a week after Hurricane Michael slammed into the Florida Panhandle, authorities are reporting three more deaths from the Category 4 storm as residents returning to their homes try to piece together their lives from the rubble left by strong winds and storm surge. Michael slammed into Florida’s Panhandle…
MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin hailed new missiles in Russia’s military arsenals but emphasized Thursday that the country would only use its nuclear weapons in response to an incoming missile attack. Putin emphasized during an international policy forum in Sochi that Russia’s military doctrine doesn’t envisage a preventative nuclear strike. He said Moscow only…
Jefferson County, MOÂ (KTRS)Â Â A man is dead after a car collapsed on him in High Ridge Thursday morning. Jefferson County Sheriff Dave Marshak says the victim, 37 year-old Justin Dereskey, may have been trying to steal something from the car when it collapsed. The car had been abandoned on Heads Creek Road. Investigators say…
SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) — An Illinois lawmaker says a bill to legalize sports gambling in the state likely won’t be put before the General Assembly until next year. The State Journal-Register reports that Democratic Rep. Lou Lang of Skokie says he’s working on the sports betting bill. Lang says lawmakers likely won’t take up the bill…
MOSCOW (AP) — At least 10 of the wounded in a school shooting and bomb attack carried out by a student at a vocational school in Crimea will be airlifted to hospitals in Russia, the health minister said Thursday. An 18-year-old student went on a rampage at the school on the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police are on the scene of an officer involved shooting in south St. Louis. St. Louis Metropolitan Police Chief John Hayden says around 6:30 Wednesday night two suspects showed up at the Advance Auto Parts in the 35 hundred block of Gravois and attempted to use a stolen credit card that was…
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Wahington Post plans to publish a new column by missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi in which he discusses the importance of a free press in the Middle East. The WashPost PR Blog says Khashoggi filed the column just before he disappeared. It will be published online Wednesday night in the U.S.…
By SUMMER BALLENTINE , Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — In ads and speeches, Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill is pounding Missouri voters with a single message: Her Republican challenger wants to end health insurance protections for people with pre-existing conditions. The Republican, Attorney General Josh Hawley, says it’s not true and has been…
MONTREAL (AP) — Jubilant customers stood in long lines for hours then lit up and celebrated on sidewalks Wednesday as Canada became the world’s largest legal marijuana marketplace. In Toronto, people smoked joints as soon as they rolled out of bed in a big “wake and bake” celebration. In Alberta, a government website that sells…