Springfield, IL (KTRS) According to the CDC, 60 cases of salmonella have been reported in five states – including Missouri and Illinois. The Illinois Department of health is urging people not to eat pre-cut melons purchased from any Walmart in Missouri or Illinois at this time. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is working to…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — For decades, Monsanto Co. has been among St. Louis’ most generous companies, leaving some nonprofit organizations in the region to wonder what the future holds, now that the agricultural company has been purchased. Bayer AG on Thursday completed its $63 billion purchase of Monsanto, a company that has donated nearly $10…
Maryland Heights, MO (KTRS) The cause of a four alarm fire at a Maryland Heights apartment complex is being vestighated. Firefighters were called to a blaze at the Woodhollow Apartment Complex just off of Dorsett and I-270 at just after 8 a.m. Sunday. The fire started on the second floor in one of the buildings.…
Maryland Heights, MO (KTRS) Firefighters are on the scene of a four-alarm fire at a Maryland Heights apartment complex. The fire broke out at just before 8 a.m. at the Woodhollow Apartment Complex in the1800 block of McKelvey Hill Drive. There’s no word of any injuries. More details will be released as information becomes available.
SINGAPORE (AP) —President Donald Trump has arrived in Singapore where he will meet with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un. Trump landed at 8:21 Sunday evening at the island city-state’s Paya Lebar Air Base, traveling from Canada, where he attended a meeting of the Group of Seven Nations. Trump’s high-risk meeting with Kim is scheduled…
By DANICA KIRKA , Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Gena Turgel, a Holocaust survivor who comforted Anne Frank at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp before the young diarist’s death and the camp’s liberation a month later, has died. She was 95. Turgel died Thursday, Britain’s chief rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, said on Twitter. The news triggered tributes…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Senator McCaskill hosted a free grant symposium Friday at Harris-Stowe State University’s Henry Givens Auditorium. She stated, “There are lots of funding opportunities that are based on merit, in government and in private foundations and this is a state-wide training for municipalities and other organizations so they can learn about the…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The Supreme Court of Missouri’s Commission on Racial and Ethnic Fairness is holding feedback sessions to gain the public’s input into Missouri’s civil justice system. One such event was held Saturday at the Better Family Life Cultural and Educational Center in North St. Louis. The event served as an open forum for…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A homeless man was found guilty of attacking four other homeless people with a hammer and handrail in St. Louis in a fight over snacks and water. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports 62-year-old Edward Moore was convicted Friday on four counts each of first-degree assault and armed criminal action. Authorities said…
By CATHERINE LUCEY , Associated Press President Donald Trump said Saturday he has “a clear objective” for his upcoming nuclear summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, though he acknowledged that potential progress “will always be spur of the moment.” He described the meeting scheduled for Tuesday in Singapore as a “one-time shot” for Kim,…