St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The dangerous heat continues in the St. Louis area with thousands still without power following the powerful storms Thursday night. St. Louis County has set up a 24 hour cooling center at the North County Recreation Complex at 2577 Redman Avenue (63136). It will remain operational around the clock as long…
By BRIAN WITTE , Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The man accused of killing five people at a Maryland newspaper was investigated five years ago for a barrage of menacing tweets against the daily, but a detective concluded he was no threat, and the paper didn’t want to press charges for fear of inflaming…
Chesterfield, MO (KTRS) The Renewable Fuels Association is teaming up with the National Corn Growers Association to educate the public on the benefits of ethanol – and how using the alternative fuel can impact local farmers. According to RFA Vice-President of Industry Relations Robert White, “A lot of motorcyclist believe that even 10 percent ethanol is…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) — Tens of thousands are without power during a heat warning powerful storms rolled through the St. Louis region. The storms hit Thursday night, generating strong winds, heavy rain and, in places, hail. More than 40,000 Ameren customers in Illinois and 20,000 in Missouri were without power as of Friday morning. A…
By BRIAN WITTE , Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — First-degree murder charges were filed Friday against a man with a grudge against Maryland’s capital newspaper after police said he shot his way into the newsroom, killing four journalists and a staffer and wounding two others. Jarrod Warren Ramos was swiftly arrested, interrogated and jailed…
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV , Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump will hold a summit in Helsinki on July 16, a long-expected encounter that comes amid spiraling tensions between Moscow and Washington. A terse synchronized statement issued by the Kremlin and the White House said Putin and Trump…
By BRIAN WITTE , Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A shooter killed five people Thursday and wounded others at a newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, and police said a suspect was in custody. A reporter at The Capital Gazette tweeted that a single gunman fired into the newsroom and shot multiple employees. Phil Davis, who…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) There’s a new initiative aimed at combating the opioid crisis in St. Louis County. St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger signed an executive order on Thursday declaring the opioid epidemic a public health emergency in the county. Stenger took this action during a news conference at the St. Louis County…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The head of the Missouri State Highway Patrol went too far in firing a trooper after he was convicted of a misdemeanor in the drowning death of a handcuffed Iowa man, a judge has found. Cole County Judge Patricia Joyce ruled Wednesday that Col. Sandra Karsten, the patrol’s superintendent, can’t…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for three drug-related killings. The U.S. Attorney’s office in St. Louis on Wednesday announced the sentencing of 27-year-old Jacobi Temple in the March 2015 deaths of James Lacey, Paige Schaefer and Tammie Thurmond. Temple pleaded guilty to conspiracy to…