Washington, MO (KTRS) An employee with the Washington School District is in custody in an investigation that prompted the school officials to abruptly cancel classes for the day. Police haven’t elaborated on why the employee was taken into custody, but are expected to release more information later today. EarlyThursday morning, school officials tweeted this message: “We…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Cigna is buying St. Louis-based Express Scripts for $67 billion. The global health insurance company officially announced Thursday morning that it has entered into a a definitive agreement with Express Scripts. “Cigna’s acquisition of Express Scripts brings together two complementary customer-centric services companies, well-positioned to drive greater quality and affordability for customers,”…
By CURT ANDERSON, BRENDAN FARRINGTON and JOSH REPLOGLE, Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz was formally charged Wednesday with 17 counts of first-degree murder, which could mean a death sentence if he is convicted. The indictment returned by a grand jury in Fort Lauderdale also charges the 19-year-old with…
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A man with an extensive criminal history shot and killed a police officer and wounded two others who were checking on a disturbance at a Missouri home, authorities said Wednesday. Missouri Highway Patrol Sgt. Collin Stosberg said the officers went to the home in Clinton…
By KAREN MATTHEWS and DAVID PORTER, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For the second time in less than a week, a storm rolled into the Northeast with wet, heavy snow Wednesday, grounding flights, closing schools and bringing another round of power outages to a corner of the country still recovering from the previous blast of…
GRANITE CITY, Ill. (AP) — U.S. Steel Corp. says it will restart one of two blast furnaces along with steel-making facilities in Illinois after President Donald Trump announced a 25 percent tariff on steel imports. The Belleville News Democrat reports that Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based U.S. Steel said Wednesday that it anticipates calling about 500 Granite City…
St. Peters, MO (KTRS) Amazon will open its first Missouri fulfillment center in St. Peters. Executives with the online retail giant made that announcement on Wednesday morning, stating that it will create 1,500 new jobs with benefits and opportunities to engage with Amazon Robotics in a highly technological workplace. The new facility will be built in Duke…
By ZEKE MILLER and JONATHAN LEMIRE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump once presided over a reality show in which a key cast member exited each week. The same thing seems to be happening in his White House. Trump’s West Wing has descended into a period of unparalleled tumult amid a wave of staff…
Bridgeton, MO (KTRS) The EPA is seeking public input on the clean up of radioactive waste at the West Lake Landfill. Hundreds turned out for the EPA’s public meeting at the Machinists Hall in Bridgeton Tuesday night. It appeared that most who attended expressed disapproval of the EPA’s preferred plan, also known as Alternative Four.…
BOSTON (AP) — Utility workers took advantage of milder temperatures and sunshine Tuesday in their scramble to restore power to thousands of customers around the Northeast, as another snowy, blowy nor’easter threatened a new round of outages. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning that stretched from eastern Pennsylvania to most of New…