PORAC, Philippines (AP) — A new powerful earthquake hit the central Philippines on Tuesday, a day after 6.1 quake hit the country’s north and killed at least 11 people. The U.S. Geological Survey put the magnitude of Tuesday’s quake at 6.3, while the local seismology agency said it was a 6.2. The quake was centered…
Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) Governor Mike Parson is calling for a special election to fill 2 vacancies in the Missouri House. Parson made the announcement Monday, after Jean Evans resigned to become the Executive Director of the Missouri Republican Party, and Scott Fitzpatrick was appointed to State Treasurer. The special election will take place on…
The latest: 36-year-old Andrew Montez McKissick is in police custody in Memphis, Tennessee. He is wanted for questioning in the burning death of his wife in O’Fallon, Illinois Monday. McKissick is being held pending extradition to Illinois on unrelated charges Original story: O’Fallon, Illinois police are conducting a homicide investigation after a woman was found…
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The coordinated Easter Sunday bombings that ripped through Sri Lankan churches and luxury hotels were carried out by seven suicide bombers, a government investigator said Monday. An analysis of the attackers’ body parts made clear that they were suicide bombers, said Ariyananda Welianga, a forensic crime investigator. He said most…
Gray Summit, MO (KTRS) An Endangered Silver Advisory is in effect after a man goes missing from the Shaw Nature Reserve. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, 89-year-old Joseph John Barbieri went missing following an incident at the park in the 300 block of Pinetum Loop Road in Gray Summit at around 6 P.M. Sunday.…
The city of St. Louis reported on Monday morning that the boil order has been lifted. Earlier story St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A precautionary boil order is in effect for parts of south city. The city says a broken pipe is to blame. The boil order effects residents and businesses from Kingshighway extending west to…
CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services says it’s had previous contact with the family of a 5-year-old boy missing from his suburban Chicago home in Crystal Lake. The Northwest Herald cites the agency as saying Andrew “AJ” Freund was born with opiates in his system and spent two…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — New census data shows that while Missouri’s population rose slightly last year compared to 2017, more than 50 counties lost population. Data released Thursday shows estimated county populations as of July 1, 2018, compared to the previous year. Missouri overall saw its population rise 0.3% to an estimated 6,126,452. But the…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A well-known radio personality in St. Louis is facing sex-related charges. St. Louis County prosecutors on Friday announced that 77-year-old Harry Hamm was charged with second-degree statutory sodomy and other counts. Bond was set at $250,000 and Hamm does not yet have a listed attorney. Hamm, of Chesterfield, is a broadcaster…
By ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French yellow vest protesters set small fires as they marched through Paris on Saturday to drive home their latest message to the government: that rebuilding the fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral isn’t the only problem the nation needs to solve. Police repeatedly fired tear gas on stone-throwing protesters…