By JORGE BARRERA , Associated Press TULTEPEC, Mexico (AP) — Grieving emergency personnel in the Mexico City suburb of Tultepec carried the caskets of four comrades through the town’s streets Friday as authorities investigated whether an attempt to douse burning fireworks with water may have triggered further blasts that killed a total of 24 people.…
By ALAN FRAM , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — By themselves, Democrats can’t stop the Republican-run Senate from confirming President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick. But they’re determined to make it agonizing for a pair of pivotal GOP senators to back the nominee. Just a weekend from Trump’s big reveal on Monday, Democrats’ early strategy…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — State Auditor Nicole Galloway has released an audit criticizing the Missouri Department of Conservation for paying out more than $120,000 to a former director. Robert Ziehmer received money and benefits for months after he left the state agency for the private sector that appeared to be unnecessary and costly, according…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) District 78 Democratic State Representative Bruce Franks is speaking out in response to Tuesday’s ribbon cutting for the new Gateway Arch Park. He hosted an all-inclusive ribbon cutting Friday afternoon, featuring Susan Saarinen – daughter of Gateway Arch Architect, Eero Saarinen. Saarinen stated that her father, “wanted to create a beautiful…
BY JOSH BOAK , AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Employers in the United States are thought to have kept up their brisk pace of hiring in June, reflecting the durability of the second-longest U.S. economic expansion on record even in the face of a trade war with China. Economists have estimated that 195,000 jobs…
Brooklyn, IL (KTRS) An investigation is underway after an unknown substance sent six people at Roxy’s nightclub to the hospital. Emergency crews were called to the Brooklyn nightclub early Friday morning after four people appeared to be suffered from a drug overdose. Two first responders came also had to be taken to the hospital after coming…
By BLAKE NELSON , Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — No government officials conducted a safety inspection of a new waterslide at Six Flags St. Louis before a woman said she suffered whiplash last month from the force of the “Typhoon Twister” that featured a five-story drop and a “45-foot zero gravity wave wall.”…
By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA , Associated Press MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — Authorities overseeing the rescue operation for 12 boys and their soccer coach from a flooded cave in northern Thailand said they have a “limited amount of time” to get them out, as they raced against worsening weather and lessening oxygen underground.…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The St. Louis Zoo is home to a critically-endangered mongoose lemur baby named Princess Buttercup, and Thursday she made her public debut. When asked about Thursday’s visitors, Victor Alm, Zoological Manager of the Primate Unit stated, “They’ve been very excited, I mean, how can you not be excited about a story…
JEFFERSON CITY (KTRS) Thanks to the federal tax cuts, Ameren Missouri customers are going to see an average six-dollar-21 cent cut in their electric bill, beginning August first. The Missouri Public Service Commission has approved an agreement for the rate decrease that’s the result of the cut in the corporate tax rate in the federal tax…