A training session on water rescues turned real for firefighters in suburban St. Louis when the crews sprang into action to save two teenagers. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Maryland Heights Fire Protection District crews were wrapping up training Tuesday on Creve Coeur Lake when they spotted two people running across the lake. As…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man who has insisted for more than 20 years that he was wrongly convicted as a teenager of killing his mother has been granted parole. The Kansas City Star reports that attorneys for 37-year-old Michael Politte confirmed Tuesday that he was given parole and is set to be…
Responsibility for school mask mandates is shifting back to local leaders, who are caught in the middle of one of the most divisive issues of the pandemic. Some school officials around the country welcomed the state-imposed mandates to spare them from having to make unpopular decisions, especially early in the pandemic. But many superintendents say…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court is considering what action to take on a contested new law that bans local police from enforcing federal firearms rules. The Missouri Supreme Court heard arguments on the lawsuit Monday. St. Louis, St. Louis County and Jackson County are suing to strike down the new Missouri…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A White House review has found credible evidence that top scientist Dr. Eric Lander violated its “Safe and Respectful Workplace Policy,” but the administration plans to keep him on the job after giving him counseling. Lander is the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and science adviser to President…
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia accused the West of “whipping up tensions” over Ukraine and said the U.S. had brought “pure Nazis” to power in Kyiv as the U.N. Security Council held a stormy and bellicose debate on Moscow’s troop buildup near its southern neighbor. U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield shot back that Russia’s growing military…
From the National Weather Service: …WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGHTHURSDAY EVENING FOR THE ENTIRE ST. LOUIS AREA… WHAT…Heavy mixed precipitation possible. Total snowaccumulations between 6 and 9 inches and sleet accumulationsaround one quarter of an inch. Ice accumulations up to one-quarterof an inch are possible in southeast Missouri and southwestIllinois. WHERE…Portions…
BOSTON (AP) — Residents and officials in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic regions of the U.S. are bracing for a powerful winter storm expected to produce blizzard conditions Friday and Saturday. The National Weather Service says heavy snow and strong winds were forecasted to begin in parts of the Carolinas and Appalachia on Friday evening. The…
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia says it won’t start a war in Ukraine but warned that the U.S. and NATO have ignored its demands and left little room for compromise in the crisis. The Kremlin President Vladimir Putin told French President Emmanuel Macron that the West has failed to consider Russia’s key conditions of halting further…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police are searching for a suspect after a woman was found stabbed to death on the front porch of a St. Louis day care facility. Police say officers were called to the Greater Ville neighborhood around 7:20 p.m. Thursday and found the woman dead from puncture wounds. Police have not released…