The fast-rising Mississippi River on Thursday neared levels unseen since a historic 1993 flood, threatening levees and forcing people living near the bulging Big Muddy to move to higher ground. Parts of downtown Davenport, Iowa, (pictured) remained underwater after the river tore through a temporary barrier. Davenport has no permanent levee or floodwall. The river…
CHARLOTTE, NC (AP) — David Belnap stood on his North Carolina college campus aching from the latest U.S. school shooting as he held a candle and wore a homemade T-shirt with “Riley Howell is a hero” written on the back. Howell died in his classroom Tuesday at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, charging and tackling…
Jefferson City, MO – General Motors officials are expected to meet with Missouri Gov. Mike Parson Thursday to discuss a $1 billion expansion project at the company’s Wentzville assembly plant. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is reporting that although details of the expansion are unclear, GM is expected to request a package of incentives from the…
A suburban St. Louis police officer who says she meant to use her stun gun but mistakenly grabbed her service revolver was indicted on a second-degree assault charge Wednesday for shooting a suspected shoplifter outside a grocery store. St. Louis County prosecutor Wesley Bell said Julia Crews, 37, is charged in the April 23 shooting on…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A shooting that killed two and wounded four at a North Carolina university left students scrambling for shelter and prompted fresh calls for ways to keep campuses safe. A vigil was planned for Wednesday on the campus of the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, where the shooting on Tuesday upended the last…
O’Fallon, MO (KTRS) Police need your help finding a man who allegedly fired shots at his ex-girlfriend. At around 9:30 Tuesday night, the O’Fallon Missouri Police Department received several 911 calls for shots fired in the 100 block of Lincoln Street. Upon arrival, officers found a female who reported a domestic incident that resulted in…
You can expect a lot of rain and thunder over the next couple of days. A flash flood watch is also in effect now through early Thursday. The National Weather Service expects one to two inches of rain over the next couple of days. Thunderstorms Tuesday afternoon and night could bring high winds, hail, and…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner is ordered to comply with a search warrant in a perjury case involving her office. A judge is forcing her to turn over login information so that city police can seize records related to the grand jury investigation of William Tisaby, the man she hired to investigate…
POWAY, CA (AP) — The lone suspect in a fatal attack on a Southern California synagogue was a star scholar, athlete and musician whose embrace of white supremacy and anti-Semitism has dumbfounded his family and others who thought they knew him well. John T. Earnest, 19, made the dean’s list both semesters last year as…
St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger has resigned in the face of corruption charges. The U.S. attorney in St. Louis announced Monday that a federal grand jury had indicted the county’s top elected official on charges of bribery, mail fraud and the theft of honest services. A not guilty plea was entered for the former…