Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) The Missouri Department of Conservation finds more deer with Chronic Wasting Disease, but notes that the disease remains rare in the state. 41 new positive test results for CWD have been confirmed following its sampling and testing of more than 32,000 free-ranging Missouri deer during its 2018-2019 disease-surveillance efforts. This brings…
By EMILY SCHMALL Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s prime minister said Thursday that suspects linked to the coordinated Easter Sunday bomb attacks remain at large and could have access to explosives. Some of the suspects “may go out for a suicide attack,” Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said in an interview…
By STEVE PEOPLES and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden formally joined the crowded Democratic presidential contest on Thursday, declaring the “soul of this nation” at stake if President Donald Trump wins re-election. In a video posted on Twitter , Biden focused on the 2017 deadly clash between…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A man is dead following a shooting in south St. Louis. Police say the victim was gunned down around 5 a.m. Thursday along Keokuk and South Grand. There’s no word on a motive or of any arrests. The victim’s name hasn’t been released. This brings the city’s murder count to 38…
HUNTSVILLE, TX (AP) — An avowed racist who orchestrated one of the most gruesome hate crimes in U.S. history was executed Wednesday in Texas for the dragging death of a black man. John William King, who was white, received a lethal injection for the slaying nearly 21 years ago of James Byrd Jr., who was…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A woman is in custody following a homicide that occurred in north city Wednesday. According to police, the Circuit Attorney’s Office has charged 56-year-old Darlene Brison with 1st degree murder and armed criminal action in the shooting death of a 49-year-old African-American man in the 900 block of Elias. The man…
The husband of the woman who was burned to death in her vehicle Monday in O’Fallon, Illinois has now been charged with her murder. The first degree murder charges filed by the St. Clair County State’s Attorney’s Office against 36-year-old Andrew Montez McKissick. He was arrested in Memphis, Tennessee and is being held pending extradition…
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Russia by train on Wednesday, a day before his much-anticipated summit with President Vladimir Putin that comes amid deadlocked diplomacy on his nuclear program. Kim, dressed in a black coat and a fedora, met with Russian officials at Russia’s Khasan train station…
St. Charles, MO (KTRS) Police in St. Charles need your help finding a missing elderly woman. According to police, a silver alert is in effect for 71-year-old Gayla S. Gilvin. She is believed to be driving a red Chevy Sonic with Missouri Disabled Plate number BL-65D, possibly on I-70 near the Jennings Station Road Exit.…
The US Olympic Team Trials for men’s and women’s gymnastics in 2020 are coming to the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, it was announced this morning by The St. Louis Sports Commission, which will host the four-day competition. The trials will run June 25th through June 28th, next year. The Summer Olympic Games will be…