ST. LOUIS (AP) — Residents throughout much of Missouri and Kansas will be dealing with potentially dangerous weather conditions on Tuesday, but in wildly varying forms. Freezing rain was falling in parts of Kansas Tuesday morning, with several accidents reported. Schools in some parts of Kansas and western Missouri extended the President’s Day weekend to…
PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — A 15-year-old Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student who was shot five times during the massacre is credited with saving the lives of at least 20 other students. A fundraising site says Anthony Borges was shot in both legs and his back while attempting to close and lock a classroom door…
PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in Florida say Stoneman Douglas High School, the site of last week’s deadly shooting rampage, will remain closed Tuesday and Wednesday. The statement issued by the Broward County Schools on Monday said “our hearts remain with the victims and families … as our community copes with the aftermath and recovery…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped first-degree murder charges against three men accused of a fatal 2016 drive-by shooting on Interstate 55 in St. Louis. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports charges were dropped against 20-year-old Antwone Stallworth; 18-year-old Anthony Stallworth; and 26-year-old Antwuan Morrow Jr. A spokeswoman for the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s office…
Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO (KTRS) Family members, volunteers, and employees are being recognized for their efforts of bringing to light the inadequate care at the St. Louis Veteran’s Home. On Monday, Lieutenant Governor Mike Parson presented Proclamations to honor those involved in assisting with the investigation. ” I definitely know the difference between smoke and fire…
PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — The couple who took in the Florida school shooting suspect after his mother died says he told them he was sorry after the shooting. Speaking Monday on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” James and Kimberly Snead said they’ve only seen Nikolas Cruz once since the shooting that killed 17 when they briefly…
By CATHERINE LUCEY, Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump lashed out at the FBI Saturday night, saying the agency “missed all of the many signals” sent by the suspect in the Florida school shooting and arguing they are “spending too much time trying to prove Russian collusion with the Trump campaign.”…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A child is hospitalized after being shot in north St. Louis. Police say the 9-year-old was shot at just before 3 p.m. at the intersection of North Grand and Montgomery. He suffered a gunshot wound to the buttocks. He was conscious and breathing when taken to an area hospital. There’s no…
By SARA BURNETT, Associated Press LA GRANGE, Ill. (AP) — A Lipinski has represented what’s now Illinois’ 3rd congressional district since U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski’s father was first elected more than three decades ago. Now the younger Lipinski, a seven-term incumbent known as one of Congress’ most conservative Democrats, is facing a tougher-than-usual primary challenge from…
PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — The 19-year-old suspect in the Florida school shooting that killed 17 people didn’t know how to use a microwave, didn’t pick up after himself and didn’t know how to do his own laundry. The family that took him in following his mother’s death spoke to the Sun Sentinel. The paper published…