Chesterfield, MO (KTRS) The B-17 Flying Fortress is regarded as the most famous bomber of World War II, and the “Madras Maiden” is one of only twelve still flying – with flight and tour opportunities available. Volunteer Captain, Bob Hill, stated at a press conference Monday “So the airplane is an educational outreach tool to provide…
North Korea (AP) A U.S. team was in North Korea to plan a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to President Donald Trump, raising expectations that the on-off-on meeting would indeed take place. Both the State Department and South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said the nations’ officials have been engaged in talks at…
PHIPPSBURG, Maine (AP) — Frustrated by red tape and visa limits on foreign workers, tourism businesses from Maine to Missouri are turning to Puerto Ricans who are fleeing a shattered economy and devastation caused by Hurricane Maria. Bob Smith, owner of Sebasco Harbor Resort in Phippsburg, hired a half-dozen Puerto Ricans last summer for housekeeping,…
GLEN CARBON, Ill. (AP) — A manager at a southwestern Illinois cemetery said Sunday that most of the gravestones spray-painted with swastikas have been cleaned and would be in good condition as families visit on Memorial Day. Cleaners scrubbed the paint off most of the more than 150 markers since Saturday morning, when the vandalism…
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) — Forecasters say Subtropical Storm Alberto, the first named storm of the 2018 hurricane season, has recently turned more north-northwestward with no change in strength as it lumbers toward the northern Gulf Coast. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Alberto was centered at 5 p.m. EDT Sunday afternoon about 165…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A child is hospitalized in critical condition after being rescued from a burning home in north St. Louis. Firefighters responding to a fire at the residence along the 5000 block of Enright around 4 a.m. Saturday. The victim, a boy between the ages of 8 and 10, was trapped in the…
By JOSHUA GOODMAN and CATHERINE LUCEY , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Joshua Holt, a Utah man who traveled to Venezuela in 2016 to marry a woman he met online but soon found himself jailed and later branded the CIA’s top spy in Latin America, has been set free by the anti-American Maduro government. He…
By SUMMER BALLENTINE , Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers passed several items on Gov. Eric Greitens’ list of priorities this year, even as legislative leaders called for his resignation and prepared for a special session to consider impeaching him. But top lawmakers said they didn’t pay much attention to Greitens’ agenda…
MIAMI (AP) —Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has declared a state of emergency for several counties ahead of Subtropical Storm Alberto. The order effective at 6 a.m. Sunday covers 40 counties across the southern portion of the state. The National Hurricane Center on Saturday issued a tropical storm warning for Alabama’s coast, saying tropical storm conditions…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Hazelwood police officer Craig Tudor was fighting for his life in an ambulance after a rollover crash in his police cruiser when he asked his friend to hold his hand. Tudor didn’t realize that Kevin Marshall already was. Marshall, a Hazelwood firefighter, had pulled Tudor from the wreckage moments before. He…