By DON BABWIN and JOHN O’CONNOR Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Disturbing details emerged Thursday of the torture authorities say preceded the beating death of a 5-year-old Illinois boy who had extensive contact with child welfare workers, escalating scrutiny of a state agency already being reviewed because of the recent deaths of two other children.…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri agency is warning merchants and consumers that bottles from a central Missouri winery pose a risk of exploding. The Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Control said Thursday that the issue came to its attention during a routine inspection, when a wine bottle from Casa de Loco in Eldon…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Downtown St. Louis has a new grocery store. On Thursday, Chris Goodson opened his second Fields Foods location on 18th Street and Washington Avenue in the Monogram Building, which houses a luxury apartment complex. Goodson said his new downtown location is a one-stop-shop for grocery shopping needs and aims to provide…
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un paid his respects at a ceremony honoring the war dead Friday before wrapping up a brief and generally successful visit to the Russian Far East for his first summit with President Vladimir Putin. Kim left for Pyongyang on Friday afternoon by his private train about…
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…