LOS ANGELES, CA (AP) — Chris Sale’s final pitch for this Boston juggernaut triggered a celebration on the Dodger Stadium infield, among thousands of fans who made their way to California — and even outside Fenway Park back home. The quest is complete. Yes, these 2018 Red Sox really are that great. A team to remember from…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — Ranken Technical College in north St. Louis has received a $2.5 million pledge from a former Emerson executive. The school announced Friday that Edward Monser made the pledge to support construction of a center for micro-enterprises and high tech manufacturing. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports it is the largest personal donation in…
SEDALIA, MO (AP) — The Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the Federal Highway Administration are funneling $2.3 million into connecting the final gap along the Katy Trail State Park. The City of Sedalia recently received a $1 million grant from the federal agency’s recreational trails program to convert portions of city roads and sidewalks…
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Hundreds of people have gathered in the nation’s capital to remember the 11 congregants killed at a Pittsburgh synagogue. A vigil was held Sunday evening in Washington’s Dupont Circle to pay tribute to those killed a day earlier at the Tree of Life Synagogue. Mourners sang and prayed together. Others held lit…
Washington Park, IL (KTRS) A Washington Park Police officer has died after falling from the Poplar Street Bridge during a foot chase. The officer has been identified as 44-year-old Ricardo Davis, an auxiliary police officer with the Washington Park Police Department. Investigators say around 5 p.m. Saturday, Davis attempted to stop a vehicle in Washington Park. A…
St. Louis, MOÂ (KTRS)Â One person is dead and another is injured after a gas stove explosion in south St. Louis. Firefighters were called to a home in the 3700 block of Kosciusko Street at just before 10 p.m. Saturday. One person died in the explosion and another was injured. There’s no word on the…
By MARK SCOLFORO, ALLEN G. BREED and CLAUDIA LAUER , Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — The suspect in the mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue told officers that Jews were committing genocide and that he wanted them all to die, according to a charging document made public early Sunday. Robert Gregory Bowers killed eight men…
St. Louis, MOÂ (KTRS)Â With just a little over a week before the midterm election, big political names are coming to the St. Louis area to stump for Missouri’s U.S. Senate candidates. On Monday, Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) will make a campaign stop in Chesterfield, to rally support for Attorney General…
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions says the Justice Department intends to file hate crime and other charges against the man accused in a Pittsburgh synagogue shooting that killed 11 people. In a statement Saturday, Sessions said the killings were “reprehensible and utterly repugnant to the values of this nation.” That echoes earlier comments…
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A minor league baseball team in O’Fallon is vowing to be on the field in 2019, even after being locked out of its city-owned ballpark. The city of O’Fallon has terminated its lease with the River City Rascals, an independent Frontier League team unaffiliated with any major league team. But the…