By JONATHAN DREW , Associated Press WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Florence was making landfall in North Carolina early Friday with a life-threatening storm surge that pushed water inland for miles, pelting rains and screaming winds that destroyed buildings in its path. More than 60 people had to be pulled from a collapsing motel at…
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Florence already has inundated coastal streets with ocean water and left tens of thousands without power, and forecasters say that “catastrophic” freshwater flooding is expected over portions of the Carolinas as Hurricane Florence inches closer to the U.S. East Coast. Screaming winds bent trees toward the ground and raindrops flew…
(KTRS) A Jefferson County Missouri man is killed after he runs his Honda three wheeler off the road and into a tree. The Missouri Highway Patrol says 44 year-old Jason T. Thorne, of Imperial, was in the 39 hundred block of West Waller Wednesday morning when he left the roadway and crashed. Thorne was pronounced…
BALLWIN, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a man has been arrested after a video showed him speeding through a yard and around a school bus that had its stop-sign arm extended as children boarded the bus near a suburban St. Louis elementary school. Police say the 52-year-old man blamed a mechanical failure for swerving around…
By JONATHAN DREW WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — The big slosh has begun, and the consequences could be disastrous. Hurricane Florence’s leading edge battered the Carolina coast Thursday, bending trees and shooting frothy sea water over streets on the Outer Banks, as the hulking storm closed in with 100 mph (155 kph) winds for a drenching…
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST , Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Elizabeth Smart said Thursday the news that one of her kidnappers will be released next week was “a big shock,” but while she urged authorities to reconsider the decision she also conceded there is no viable, legal recourse for her to pursue. Wanda Barzee…
Ballwin, MO (KTRS) – Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley is on the campaign trail, stopping Thursday in Ballwin after his event in Cape Girardeau with President Trump was cancelled. One of the topics Hawley was asked about by reporters was his investigation into the Offsets in Mine La Motte. Hawley stated, “One of the biggest…
Ferguson, MO (KTRS) Construction is underway for a new teen center in Ferguson. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis held a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday morning on Teen Center of Excellence.The $12.4 million facility along West Florissant will offer afterschool and summer programs to teens and youth in the north county area.It will…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) A St. Louis man is under arrest in an incident in which a motorist drove onto a lawn and around a school bus stop in Ballwin Tuesday morning. A video widely circulated on social media shows the school bus stopped to pick up students while a car approached from behind the bus and…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri state Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal has been fined $15,000 for violating federal campaign law in her 2016 primary challenge of U.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Democrat from the St. Louis suburb of University City signed a “conciliation agreement” this summer with the Federal Election Commission…