By ALAN FRAM and KIMBERLY CHANDLER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Republicans tightened pressure Tuesday on Alabama’s GOP to keep a defiant Roy Moore from being elected to the Senate next month, with many voicing hope that President Donald Trump could use his clout to resolve a problem that Republicans say leaves them with no…
By DON THOMPSON and PAUL ELIAS, Associated Press RANCHO TEHAMA RESERVE, Calif. (AP) — A gunman driving stolen vehicles and choosing his targets at random opened fire “without provocation” in a tiny rural Northern California town Tuesday, killing four people and wounding at least 10 others, including a student at an elementary school, before police shot…
Clayton, MO (KTRS) St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger is challenging claims that there’s a county budget crisis. At issue are claims made by St. Louis County Council Chairman Sam Page, who penned a letter to the County Executive on November 13, 2017, detailing his concerns. Page’s letter reads in part, “Although you present a…
Madison, IL (KTRS) Updated at 1:30 p.m., 11/14/2017 The Major Case Squad is asking the public’s help in searching for a person of interest in a homicide last night in East St. Louis. Illinois State Police say Shavon L. Brownlee is being sought in the murder of a 21-year-old man last night. The victim’s name has…
RED BLUFF, Calif. (AP) — A series of shootings at multiple locations in rural Northern California left three people dead and several others wounded Tuesday, including students at an elementary school, authorities said. Law enforcement officers killed the shooter, but it was not clear if authorities counted it among the three deaths. Tehama County Assistant Sheriff…
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Police searched a cordoned off Florida neighborhood Tuesday after a fourth person was shot dead, possibly by a serial killer. Tampa police say residents of the city’s Seminole Heights neighborhood reported hearing shots just before 5 a.m. Tuesday. When officers arrived, they found the body of Ronald Felton, 60, in the…
Madison, IL (KTRS) Updated at 1:30 p.m., 11/14/2017 The Major Case Squad is asking the public’s help in searching for a person of interest in a homicide last night in East St. Louis. Illinois State Police say Shavon L. Brownlee is being sought in the murder of a 21-year-old man last night. The victim’s name has…
Maryland Heights, MO (KTRS) A new Blues practice facility is one step closer to becoming a reality. On Monday night, the Maryland Heights City Council unanimously approved a plan to have the ice complex built near the Hollywood Casino. The plan allows Maryland Heights city officials to work out an agreement with the the St.…
By MARCY GORDON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Promoted as needed relief for the middle class, the Senate Republican tax overhaul actually would increase taxes for some 13.8 million moderate-income American households, a bipartisan analysis showed Monday. The assessment by Congress’ nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation emerged as the Senate’s tax-writing committee was set to begin…
By ALAN FRAM and BRUCE SCHREINER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Yet another woman abruptly emerged Monday to accuse Roy Moore of sexually assaulting her as a teenager in the late 1970s, this time in a locked car, further roiling the Alabama Republican’s candidacy for an open Senate seat. Leaders of Moore’s own party intensified their…