Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) Governor Mike Parson is urging Missourians to use caution around floodwater as Missouri River levels near cresting at major flood stage in some Missouri communities. The Governor cautions that despite Missouri River crests this week, flooding will remain a hazard well into the spring because of a combination of additional snow…
Ferguson, MO (KTRS) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D) California made a stop in the St. Louis-area on Monday afternoon to rally support for two key pieces of Democratic legislation. Pelosi joined Congressman Lacy Clay(D) Missouri, and other elected officials as well as community leaders at the Urban League Empowerment Center in Ferguson for the purpose…
By ALEKSANDAR FURTULA and MIKE CORDER Associated Press UTRECHT, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch police were hunting down a suspect after a shooting Monday on a tram in the central city of Utrecht that left one person dead and multiple people injured. Authorities immediately raised the terror alert for the area to the maximum level and…
NEW YORK (AP) — Saint Louis coach Travis Ford could feel a shift about eight minutes into the second half of the Atlantic 10 Tournament championship game. The Billikens had trailed St. Bonaventure almost the whole way to that point — by as much as 15 in the first half — but Ford could sense…
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — A Christchurch gun shop on Monday acknowledged selling guns online to the 28-year-old white supremacist accused of killing 50 people in mosque shootings that have upturned New Zealand’s reputation as among the world’s most tolerant and safe nations. At a news conference, Gun City owner David Tipple said the store…
NEAR STAUNTON, IL (KTVI) – A police pursuit from Glen Carbon Illinois ends near Staunton Illinois with a suspect dead and Illinois State Trooper shot. The incident started in Glen Carbon around 3:45 pm after an armed carjacking in the area of a Sam’s Club. Officers responding to the carjacking spotted the suspect vehicle and…
Richmond Heights, MO (KTRS) A new memorial to honor those who lost their lives in the Vietnam War has come to the heartland. An exact replica of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, DC. has been built in Perryville, Missouri. On Thursday night, some of those behind this initiative held a dinner with members of…
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — Mass shootings at two mosques full of worshippers attending Friday prayers killed 40 people on what the prime minister called “one of New Zealand’s darkest days,” as authorities detained four people and defused explosive devices in what appeared to be a carefully planned racist attack. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A St. Louis County man pleads guilty to a number of fraud charges after posing as a nurse. The U.S. Attorney’s office says that 37-year-old Benjamin David Danneman of Eureka pled guilty Wednesday to federal charges of healthcare, social security, and identity fraud. Danneman, who was not a nurse, used the…
LOS ANGELES, CA (AP) — Colleges and companies moved swiftly to distance themselves from employees swept up in a nationwide college admissions scheme, many of them coaches accused of taking bribes and others prominent parents accused of angling to get their children into top schools by portraying them as recruited athletes. That celebrities were among…