By JEFFREY COLLINS , Associated Press GEORGETOWN, S.C. (AP) — Eleven days ago, Lee Gantt was at a Hurricane Florence party in her neighborhood in Georgetown, where the story goes that some houses haven’t flooded from the Sampit River since they were built before the American Revolution. She will spend Tuesday with sandbags, watching the nearby…
A John Burrows 8th grader from Florissant is getting National exposure with her singing on NBC. Thirteen-year-old Kennedy Holmes is on NBC’s “The Voice” and got to sing with her inspiration, Jennifer Hudson, who will also be her voice coach on the show. Approximately, seven million people watched The Voice last night. All four judges…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley is defending his lawsuit against the operators of a duck boat that sank in July, killing 17 people. In August, Hawley filed suit accusing Branson Duck Vehicles and Ripley Entertainment Inc. of violating Missouri’s consumer protection law and putting profits above safety, citing the July…
By MARYCLAIRE DALE and MICHAEL R. SISAK , Associated Press NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Declaring Bill Cosby doesn’t deserve a free pass because of his advanced age, prosecutors on Monday asked a judge to sentence the comedian to five to 10 years in prison for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman, while the defense argued…
By JEFFREY COLLINS , Associated Press YAUHANNAH, S.C. (AP) — More than a week ago, pastor Willie Lowrimore and some of his congregants stacked sandbags around their South Carolina church to protect it from the fury of Hurricane Florence. They moved the pews to higher ground and watched anxiously for days as the nearly black,…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis police are investigating a rash of six killings over a 24-hour period, and the city’s police chief says drugs may be at the root of most of the killings. Four of the victims died Sunday and two more were found inside a car at 6:30 a.m. Monday. Police Chief…
Ferguson, MO (KTRS) A Ferguson-based non-profit is entering its fifth year of providing a unique job training service. Since its inception in late 2013, Jobs and More STL has provided job training to more than 150 people of a wide range of ages, but mainly to those 18 to 25. It was founded by Ferguson…
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — World leaders looked to Nelson Mandela’s legacy of championing peace, human rights and global cooperation but acknowledged the world is far from achieving his ideals as the U.N. General Assembly’s annual top-level meeting began Monday. At a peace summit honoring the late South African leader, nations from around the world adopted…
DALLAS, TX (AP) — A white police officer accused of fatally shooting her black neighbor inside his own apartment was fired Monday for “adverse conduct,” the Dallas Police Department said in a statement. Police Chief U. Renee Hall dismissed Officer Amber Guyger during a hearing Monday, according to the statement posted on Twitter . Guyger has been…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — St. Louis police are investigating a rash of six killings over a two-day period, with five of the victims found inside vehicles. Police say there is no evidence the shootings are connected. Four of the victims died Sunday. The death toll rose around 6:30 a.m. Monday when a man and…