SAN FRANCISCO, CA (AP) — Engineers will deploy a trash collection device to corral plastic litter floating between California and Hawaii in an attempt to clean up the world’s largest garbage patch in the heart of the Pacific Ocean. The 2,000-foot (600-meter) long floating boom will be towed Saturday from San Francisco to the Great…
JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) — The theft of more than 20 firearms at a Fenton gun store last week was the latest in an increase in such robberies at gun stores in Missouri and Illinois, according to federal officials. Figures from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives show there were at least eight…
SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) — Officials say attendance at this year’s Illinois State Fair declined 8 percent from last year. The fair in Springfield attracted about 369,140. However, officials say fairgoers appeared to spend more money than in 2017, according to an early look at vendors’ sales receipts. More than 401,600 people attended the 2017 fair,…
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has told newly ordained bishops they must reject all forms of abuse and work in communion — not as lone operators — to fight the clerical culture that fueled a sex abuse and cover-up scandal rocking his papacy. Francis cited his recent letter about combatting abuse during an audience…
MIAMI, FL (AP) — Florence could cause dangerous surf and rip currents along parts of the U.S. East Coast this weekend as the storm swirls across the Atlantic, according to forecasters at the National Hurricane Center. Though weakened to a tropical storm, Florence was expected to regain hurricane strength as it neared Bermuda. Large swells…
OSCEOLA, MO (AP) — The St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department says the deaths of two men in a shooting at a convenience store appear to be a murder-suicide. KYTV reports the shooting happened Friday morning at “The Port” convenience store in Osceola. Sheriff Scott Keeler says he believes the deaths stemmed from a child custody dispute. He…
JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) — An Arkansas man has been sentenced to consecutive life terms for killing his ex-girlfriend and her grandfather in southwestern Missouri. Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley announced the sentence Friday for 40-year-old Christopher Paschall of Springdale, Arkansas. A jury found Paschall guilty of two counts of first-degree murder and other charges…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The St. Louis Art Fair closed early on Friday evening due to threatening weather. The following message was posted on its website: St. Louis Art Fair officials have learned of a potentially problematic round of weather coming from the south, heading into the St. Louis area. As a result, we have…
ST. PETERS (KTRS) Police in St. Peters say a Ft. Zumwalt High senior is charged with making a terrorist threat over social media … specifically, Snapchat … that he would bring gun to school yesterday (Thursday). The student later told police he was joking. Police never found any gun. The student is identified as 17-year-old Parker…
By JIM SALTER , Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The remnants of Tropical Depression Gordon are expected to drop heavy rain across much of Missouri through the weekend, creating a risk of flooding and flash-flooding. The National Weather Service says south-central Missouri and the St. Louis area could get up to 6 inches of…