Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO (KTRS) A motorist is hospitalized following a shooting along I-270 in north county. Police say the victim was shot around 8 p.m. Saturday in the westbound lanes of I-270 near Route 367. The victim is said to be in serious condition. The incident prompted the closure of the westbound lanes of I-270…
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — Insurance companies have classified Missouri as one of three states deemed “high-risk” for deer collisions. The other two states considered “high-risk” are Arkansas and Kansas according to State Farm, which insures between 20 and 25 percent of vehicles in Missouri, the Joplin Globe reported. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said that…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) One man is dead and another is injured following a shooting in south St.Louis. Police say the victims were gunned down at just before 2 p.m. Saturday at Spring and Itaska. There’s no word on the surviving victim’s condition. The identity of the deceased victim hasn’t been released. There’s no word…
By KEN THOMAS, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump suggested Saturday he may be willing to negotiate changes to a significant portion of the tax overhaul, the corporate tax rate, injecting an element of uncertainty into the tax plan only hours after it cleared the Senate. Trump told reporters at the White House before…
By PAUL ELIAS and JANIE HAR, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The attacks on San Francisco and other cities with similar immigration policies began moments after a jury acquitted a Mexican man of killing a woman on a popular pier, some calling for a boycott of the city that fiercely defends its reputation as a…
By ALAN FRAM, MARCY GORDON and STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans pushed a nearly $1.5 trillion tax bill through the Senate early Saturday after a burst of eleventh-hour horse trading, as a party starved all year for a major legislative triumph took a giant step toward giving President Donald Trump one of his…
Cahokia, IL (KTRS) The Major Case Squad is investigating a murder in the metro-east. Investigators say a passerby discovered a man’s body on Doris Avenue underneath I-255 in Cahokia around 7 a.m. Friday. The victim has been identified as 20-year-old Javon Gibson of Cahokia. There’s no word on how Gibson was killed or a motive…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — An internal investigation by St. Louis County police has resulted in written reprimands for 11 officers assigned to patrol the region’s light rail system. Police announced the reprimands on Friday following a 16-week investigation. Some of the reprimands are for loitering in security offices for MetroLink, while others are for covering…
By ALAN FRAM, MARCY GORDON and STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans used a burst of eleventh-hour horse-trading Friday to edge a $1.4 trillion tax bill to the brink of Senate passage, as a party starved all year for a major legislative triumph took a giant step toward giving President Donald Trump one of…
By ERIC TUCKER and CHAD DAY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Michael Flynn, the retired general who campaigned at Donald Trump’s side and then served as his first national security adviser, pleaded guilty Friday to lying to the FBI about reaching out to the Russians on Trump’s behalf and said members of the president’s inner circle…