ST. LOUIS (KTRS) Officials with the St. Louis say Holly, a beloved 19-year-old female chimpanzee at the Zoo, has died. She was humanely euthanized on Wednesday, March 7, due to advanced liver cancer. Blood work, radiographs and an ultrasound exam performed the previous day had suggested the presence of tumors affecting the function of her…
CHESTERFIELD (KTRS) Thanks to a tip from a St. Louis woman, police in Arkansas have arrested a man wanted in a shooting in Chesterfield this week that left two people injured. Police had been looking for 42-year-old Philip Stroisch since Tuesday, when he was suspected of firing a gun into a home on Forest Crest in…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Birmingham closed one of its largest schools for a thorough safety sweep Thursday after metal detectors and other security measures failed to keep students from handling a gun in a classroom where one 17-year-old was fatally shot and another wounded in an apparent accident. Birmingham Interim Police Chief Orlando Wilson said…
By KAREN MATTHEWS and DAVID PORTER, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Northeast is digging out after the second powerful nor’easter in less than a week left some areas with more than 2 feet of snow, hundreds of thousands without power, schools closed and travel a mess. Some places saw more than 2 feet of…
Washington, MO (KTRS) An employee with the Washington School District is in custody in an investigation that prompted the school officials to abruptly cancel classes for the day. Police haven’t elaborated on why the employee was taken into custody, but are expected to release more information later today. EarlyThursday morning, school officials tweeted this message: “We…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Cigna is buying St. Louis-based Express Scripts for $67 billion. The global health insurance company officially announced Thursday morning that it has entered into a a definitive agreement with Express Scripts. “Cigna’s acquisition of Express Scripts brings together two complementary customer-centric services companies, well-positioned to drive greater quality and affordability for customers,”…
By CURT ANDERSON, BRENDAN FARRINGTON and JOSH REPLOGLE, Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz was formally charged Wednesday with 17 counts of first-degree murder, which could mean a death sentence if he is convicted. The indictment returned by a grand jury in Fort Lauderdale also charges the 19-year-old with…
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A man with an extensive criminal history shot and killed a police officer and wounded two others who were checking on a disturbance at a Missouri home, authorities said Wednesday. Missouri Highway Patrol Sgt. Collin Stosberg said the officers went to the home in Clinton…
By KAREN MATTHEWS and DAVID PORTER, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For the second time in less than a week, a storm rolled into the Northeast with wet, heavy snow Wednesday, grounding flights, closing schools and bringing another round of power outages to a corner of the country still recovering from the previous blast of…
GRANITE CITY, Ill. (AP) — U.S. Steel Corp. says it will restart one of two blast furnaces along with steel-making facilities in Illinois after President Donald Trump announced a 25 percent tariff on steel imports. The Belleville News Democrat reports that Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based U.S. Steel said Wednesday that it anticipates calling about 500 Granite City…