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…
Apr 20, 2019 By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — The eldest son and daughter of a couple who starved and shackled 12 of their children spoke publicly for the first time Friday, alternately condemning and forgiving their parents before a judge sentenced the pair to up to life in prison. Since being freed…
St. Louis MO (KTRS) The wife of Missouri Ku Klux Klan leader, Frank Ancona Jr. admits to fatally shooting her husband. Forty-seven-year old Malissa Ancona of Leadwood MO pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree murder, tampering with evidence and abandonment of a corpse in the 2017 killing of Ancona. She was sentenced to life in prison…
KTRS News has received word from the St. Louis Police Department that a 4-year-old girl who was reported missing Wednesday has been found safe and is in the custody of St. Louis police. She was taken to a hospital for evaluation and is reportedly uninjured. Paisley Bolda was last seen Wednesday in the 3900 block…
LEARNED, MS (AP) — Strong storms again roared across the South on Thursday, killing two Mississippi drivers and a woman in Alabama while leaving more than 100,000 people without power across Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. National Weather Service forecasters said they believe multiple tornadoes hit southwest and central Mississippi, although they won’t be sure…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The odds of St. Louis seeing an MLS team in the near future greatly improve after the league announces it will expand to 30 teams instead of only 28 as previously stated. League expansion was the topic of discussion at Thursday’s owners’ meeting in LA. At a news conference, league commissioner…
By JONATHAN LEMIRE and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For nearly two years, President Donald Trump and his allies sought to undermine special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, attacking investigators’ credibility and playing down their findings. As a redacted version of Mueller’s report was finally released Thursday, Trump resorted to bluster, broadsides and…