St. Louis, MO (KTRS) One person is dead and two are injured following a shooting in south St. Louis. Police say the victims were gunned down at just after 2 p.m. Saturday in the 3900 block of Pennsylvania. One of the victims died and the surviving victims are hospitalized. There’s no word on the conditions…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police are investigating after burned human remains were found in a trash bin in north St. Louis. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the remains were discovered Friday morning in a dumpster northeast of Fairground Park. Police Officer Michelle Woodling says officers found the remains after getting a call for help…
Madison County, IL (KTRS) An area being search for a missing Alton woman is now a possible crime scene. Family, friends, and volunteers gathered Saturday morning to search an area near Horseshoe Lake for 39-year-old Adria Hatten. Fox 2 News reports that articles of clothing were found in the area, but police say the clothing…
By LARRY LAGE, Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette lashed out at Michigan State University on Saturday for allowing Larry Nassar to sexually abuse girls and women for years, and he took a shot at the school’s governing body. “I don’t need advice from the board of trustees,” the aspiring governor…
Kansas City, MO (KTRS) Efforts continue to find a Missouri baby who disappeared six years ago. The National Center For Missing and Exploited Children has released an age enhanced photo of what Lisa Irwin could look like today at the age of 7-years-old. Lisa was 10 months old when she went missing on October 3,…
By TOM LoBIANCO, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump pushed back against reports that he ordered White House lawyer Don McGahn to fire special counsel Robert Mueller last June. “Fake news, folks. Fake news. Typical New York Times fake stories,” Trump retorted dismissively when asked about it by reporters at the World Economic Forum…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri is collecting and investigating opioid prescription data through a statewide drug monitoring program to identify doctors and clinics that overprescribe painkillers. Gov. Eric Greitens signed an executive order in July to create the program targeting what he called “pill mills.” The state began collecting opioid prescription information last month, the…
By DAVID EGGERT and LARRY LAGE, Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State University’s athletic director retired Friday, two days after the university president resigned over the school’s handling of sexual abuse allegations against its disgraced former sports doctor, Larry Nassar. Mark Hollis, who had been in the job for 10 years, disclosed the…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill on Friday said she doesn’t take seriously a longshot Republican candidate for her seat who is facing criticism for his comments about women. McCaskill said after a campaign event at the University of Missouri in Columbia that she feels sorry for Courtland Sykes if he really…
By ROBERT RAY, BRUCE SCHREINER and CLAIRE GALOFARO, Associated Press BENTON, Ky. (AP) — The 15-year-old boy accused of gunning down classmates at a western Kentucky high school was ordered held on murder and assault charges as the shaken community where it happened strained to cope with the devastation. On Thursday, a juvenile court judge found…