St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Efforts continue to protect the public during this dangerous cold. Shelters have opened throughout the region to help those most in need. St. Louis County is among the communities taking part in these efforts. “The bitter cold can be deadly and we need to make sure everyone has access to a…
St. Clair County, IL (KTRS) Dozens of metro-east communities are under a boil order. Illinois American Water Company issued the order after widespread water main breaks due to the frigid temperatures. The impacted areas are in St. Clair County, impacting about 150,000 customers. In addition, Illinois American Water’s water quality team will be switching treatment…
By SUSAN HAIGH, Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Residents across a huge swath of the U.S. were hunkered down as a massive winter storm packing snow, ice and high winds, followed by possible record-breaking cold, moved up the Eastern Seaboard, with the worst conditions expected from the Carolinas to Maine. The massive storm expected on…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions has appointed an interim U.S. attorney for the Western District of Missouri. Sessions announced Timothy Garrison’s appointment in a news release Wednesday. His appointment is effective Friday. Garrison has been an assistant U.S. attorney in the district’s Springfield office since 2007. Before becoming a federal prosecutor,…
By ERIC TUCKER and CHAD DAY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman sued special counsel Robert Mueller and the Justice Department on Wednesday, saying prosecutors had overstepped their bounds by charging him for conduct that he says is unrelated to Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. The lawsuit by Paul…
WASHINGTON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man on parole is accused of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl in a motel room and forcing her to eat methamphetamine and smoke marijuana. Franklin County prosecutors on Tuesday charged 48-year-old Brett Pendleton of Union with sodomy and endangering the welfare of a child. He is jailed on $250,000…
By RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A brutal winter storm smacked the coastal Southeast with a rare blast of snow and ice Wednesday, hitting parts of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina with their heaviest snowfall in nearly three decades. Forecasters warned that the same system could soon strengthen into a “bomb cyclone” as…
By RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Brutal winter weather that’s brought subzero temperatures to parts of the U.S. is threatening to dump snow and ice across parts of the South that rarely see flurries, much less accumulation. The National Weather Service said a wintry mix of snow and freezing rain was expected Wednesday…
Topeka, KS (KTRS) Former St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson is seeking to lead another police department in the Midwest. Dotson is among three finalists being considered for the next police chief with the Topeka Police Department. The two other finalists are Topeka Police Interim Chief Bill Cochran and Yakima, Washington, Police Chief Dominic Rizzi, Jr.…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Ethics Commission has dismissed a complaint that accused a large state campaign donor of knowingly employing an unregistered lobbyist. The Kansas City Star reports that Democratic Rep. Mark Ellebracht of Liberty filed the complaint in October against David Humphreys. Humphreys is a businessman from Joplin who along with…