ST. LOUIS (AP) — Dog rescue groups in as many as 15 states in the U.S. are trying to find homes for the country of Turkey’s street dogs, including a group in St. Louis. Jan Knoche is the president of Love a Golden Rescue, a St. Louis volunteer organization that rescues golden retrievers. The group…
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s mayor says a truck attack in lower Manhattan killed eight people and was a “cowardly” act of terror. Mayor Bill de Blasio says the attack on a bike path near the World Trade Center “was an act of terror, and a particularly cowardly act of terror aimed at…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – The on-going battle between St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger and some members of the county council has escalated, with four members filing suit against Stenger. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the lawsuit, filed Monday, also names two other county officials. It cites an effort to discourage oversight by blocking…
By STEPHEN BRAUN and STEVE PEOPLES, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that a former campaign aide thrust into the center of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe “has already proven to be a liar.” On Twitter, Trump sought to dismiss George Papadopoulos, who has provided key evidence in the first criminal…
By ZEKE MILLER and JONATHAN LEMIRE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Muller’s charges Monday against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and two other aides marked a new phase in his sprawling investigation into Russia and President Donald Trump, underscoring the ongoing threat Mueller poses to the president. Trump immediately sought to distance…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Former President Bill Clinton will visit the Show-Me-State this week. The Clinton Foundation announced that Clinton will be in the St. Louis area on Wednesday to get a briefing on programs funded by the organization. Clinton is also expected to tour a school. Details of Clinton’s trip has not yet been…
Belleville, IL (KTRS) The Major Case Squad continues to search for the killer in the death of a teen in the metro-east. Investigators say the body of 18-year-old Deveon L. Hunt was found in an alleyway near the intersection of West Main and South 76th streets in Belleville late Sunday night. Hunt had been shot. An…
Maryland Heights, MO (KTRS) Things that go bump in the night has taken on a whole new meaning in the city of Maryland Heights after the Great Pumpkin Caper. Three teen pumpkin bandits are accused of making off with 49 pumpkins and a gourd from residential doors steps during the early morning hours of October…
Belleville, IL (KTRS) The Major Case Squad is investigating a murder in the metro-east. Investigators say a man was found shot to death late Sunday night in an alley near the 7600 block of West Main in Belleville. There’s no word on a motive or of any arrests. The victim’s name hasn’t been released.
By ERIC TUCKER and CHAD DAY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and a former business associate, Rick Gates, were indicted Monday on charges of conspiracy against the United States, money laundering and several other financial charges. The charges were the first stemming from special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe…