By ALAN FRAM and ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A chartered train carrying dozens of GOP lawmakers to a Republican policy retreat in West Virginia struck a garbage truck in a rural Virginia town on Wednesday. No lawmakers or aides were reported injured, but the White House said one person was killed and another…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A comprehensive audit will be conducted on the City of St. Louis. State Auditor Nicole Galloway made that announcement during a press conference.in downtown St. Louis on Wednesday. “My audit will be a thorough and independent review of how taxpayer dollars are managed and will hold government accountable to taxpayers,” Galloway…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police now know the identity of the man whose burned remains were found in a north St. Louis trash bin. Dental records were used to identified the victim as 29-year-old Breyon Jamaul Robinson of Spanish Lake. He was reported missing Saturday, one day after his remains were found in a near Fairground…
St. Ann, MO (KTRS) A man is in custody after an overnight police standoff in north county. Police say officers responded to a call about a man barricaded in a car in a parking lot of a Shop ’n Save on St. Charles Rock Road in St. Ann late Tuesday night. He was armed with a…
By KEN RITTER and ANITA SNOW, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — An Arizona man named in court documents as a “person of interest” during the investigation of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history said he had met the shooter one time and sold ammunition to him. Douglas Haig told The Associated Press on…
By JULIE PACE and ZEKE MILLER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Addressing a deeply divided nation, President Donald Trump summoned the country to a “new American moment” of unity in his first State of the Union, challenging Congress to make good on long-standing promises to fix a fractured immigration system and warning darkly of evil forces…
By JULIE PACE and ZEKE MILLER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump, facing sagging approval ratings in a midterm election year, is seeking to rally a deeply divided nation in Tuesday night’s State of the Union address with optimism about the growing economy and calls for action on immigration, trade and infrastructure rebuilding. White…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A feasibility study will be conducted on a hyperloop system in Missouri. The Missouri Hyperloop Coalition made that announcement on Tuesday. The project aims to construct a hyperloop route linking Kansas City, Columbia, and St. Louis along the I-70 corridor. Diana Zhou, Strategy Manager for Hyperloop One, says travel from St.…
Madison County, IL (KTRS) The search for a missing Alton woman is over. Investigators say a deceased female was found at around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in a secluded wooded area, inside Horseshoe Lake State Park. She has been tentatively as 39-year-old Adria Jean Hatten, who went missing on January 21st. A cause of death is pending autopsy…
DeSoto, MO (KTRS) The cause of a four-alarm fire in downtown DeSoto is being investigated. Firefighters responded to two burning buildings on South Main Street at just before 9 p.m. Monday. Two people had to be rescued. One of the victims had to be taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. The buildings house a church…