By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A moonstruck nation celebrated the 50th anniversary of humanity’s first footsteps on another world Saturday, gathering in record heat at races and other festivities to commemorate Apollo 11’s “giant leap” by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Aldrin showed Vice…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A 10-year-old boy is critically shot in the chest while sitting on his front porch in the 4700 block of Page Avenue Friday night. Four other people were on the porch, including the child’s father. The boy was the only one struck. Police say occupants in a dark-colored car fired several…
Branson, MO (KTRS) Yesterday marked the one year anniversary of the deadly duck boat tragedy in Branson. The tour boat sank after a severe storm swept over Table Rock Lake with 31 people aboard watercraft. Nine of the 17 people killed were from Survivor Tia Coleman’s family. Coleman said she still cannot believe the events…
WOLCOTT, CT (AP) The woodsy community of Wolcott, Connecticut, doesn’t see a lot of crime. But when the police chief heard about an opportunity to distribute doorbell cameras to some homes, he didn’t hesitate. The police who keep watch over the town of 16,000 raffled off free cameras in a partnership with the camera manufacturer.…
Ferguson, MO (KTRS) A 21-year-old man is facing charges in this weeks’ fatal shooting outside a Ferguson market. Jeremiah Peebles of Ferguson is wanted for voluntary manslaughter and armed criminal action in Tuesday’s shooting outside Sam’s Meat Market. Twenty-year-old Keith Spencer died in the shooting. Police say Jeremiah Peebles should be considered armed and dangerous.…
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A judge has set a $100,000 bond for a Missouri truck driver facing felony charges for a highway construction zone crash in Indianapolis that killed a woman and her 18-month-old twin daughters. Prosecutors on Thursday filed three counts of reckless homicide against 57-year-old Bruce Pollard, of Sturgeon, Missouri. Police say he was…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) Dozens of cooling centers have been set up throughout the region in response to the dangerous heat. One of those is a 24 hour a day cooling center set up through St. Louis County and the Salvation Army. It will operate through September sixth and will offer meals, laundry facilities,…
TOKYO (AP) — A man screaming “You die!” burst into an animation production studio in Kyoto and set it on fire early Thursday, killing one person, leaving 12 others presumed dead and a dozen possibly trapped inside. The blaze injured another 36 people, some of them critically, Japanese authorities said. The fire broke out in…
Town & Country, MO (KTRS) A Chesterfield man is facing charges after he allegedly fired a gun at a vehicle on Highway 40. According to Town & Country Police, officers responded to a call for shots fired in a road rage incident on westbound 40 near Mason Road just before 7 P.M. Monday. A witness…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former St. Louis police officer has been charged with three felony counts of third-degree assault accusing him of pepper-spraying protesters and a videographer in 2017. Charges were filed Tuesday against William Olsten. Prosecutors said the incident happened in September 2017 outside Busch Stadium during one of many protests that followed…