St. Petersburg, FL (AP) — Japan has moved further toward reopening, while millions of Australian children returned to schools as number of COVID-19 patients across the country falls. On the Navajo Nation, which sprawls across the states of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, the number of coronavirus cases rose by 56 on Sunday to 4,689,…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Additional charges are being issued in last week’s homicide in north county. According to the probable cause statement, it all began the morning of May 19th, when 25-year-old Damion Thomas arrived at the apartment of his child’s mother and found another man sleeping in her bed. He allegedly became enraged, then…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s unemployment rate more than doubled last month due to the shutdown caused by the coronavirus. Still, Missouri’s jobless rate of 9.7% was well below the national rate of 14.7%. The Missouri Department of Economic Development released its April jobs report Friday that spelled out the devastating impact of the halt…
NEW YORK (AP) —The anticipated release of new federal guidance on in-person religious services comes at a precarious point in the national balancing act that pits the call of worship against the risk of coronavirus. Even before President Donald Trump vowed that guidance would be coming from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Christian…
Hazelwood, MO (KTRS) Looking for something to do this Memorial Day weekend? A new entertainment option is now available for families throughout the region. Thursday night, a new drive-in concert and movie venue debuted in the parking lot of the former St. Louis Outlet Mall in Hazelwood. For the next 10 nights, the new POWERplex…
Orlando, FL (AP) — In the age of coronavirus, Florida officials and NASA are split on whether it’s a good idea for spectators to show up for next week’s space launch. In ordinary times, the beaches and roads along Florida’s Space Coast would be packed with people eager to witness the first astronaut launch from…
(KTRS)Â A St. Louis County man has been charged with first degree murder after finding another man in the bed of his child’s mother. 25-year old Damion Thomas of the 10-thousand block of Ewell Drive was arrested Wednesday for the Tuesday night murder of 27-year old Tyree Matthews. According to the police report, after arriving…
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — In a year when many states are prohibiting in-person graduation ceremonies due to the coronavirus, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is not only allowing them, but will speak at one. The Republican governor has a special bond with the indoor ceremony Thursday night at Sparta High School in southwestern Missouri: His granddaughter…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Signs of renewed activity are surfacing across the country as states gradually reopen economies and some businesses call a portion of their laid-off staffers back to work. Yet with millions more Americans seeking unemployment aid last week, the U.S. job market remains as bleak as it’s been in decades. Nearly 39 million…
O’Fallon, MO (AP) — St. Louis County’s prosecutor has launched an investigation after video showed white police officers forcefully arresting a 68-year-old black woman and her 43-year-old son inside a Sam’s Club store. The announcement Wednesday by prosecutor Wesley Bell came two days after Marvia Gray sued the city of Des Peres, Missouri, and four…