By KEN RITTER, Associated Press HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — An off-duty police officer who was among 58 people killed in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history was honored with a posthumous promotion to Army first sergeant during an emotional funeral service Friday. Hundreds of police officers in uniform packed the Henderson, Nevada, church as…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The lone survivor of a quadruple shooting in north St. Louis back in June will be honored today by the St. Louis Board of Aldermen. Seven-year-old Deniya Irving was not expected to survive, but now she’s back in school. Aldermanic President Lewis Reed will present Deniya and her family with a resolution…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police are investigating back to back shootings at the same location in south St. Louis. On Wednesday night, a 28-year-old man was fatally shot outside of a Shell Gas Station in the 3900 block of South Grand. A 26-year-old man was also hit in the gunfire. He is listed in critical, but…
By JONATHAN LEMIRE and CATHERINE LUCEY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — He started by describing the reverent handling of America’s war dead, bodies packed in ice and shipped home in the dark to Dover Air Force Base. From that opening, White House chief of staff John Kelly delivered a raw and searing monologue Thursday about the…
By JANIE HAR and MICHAEL R. BLOOD, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The wildfires that have devastated California this month caused at least $1 billion in damage to insured property, officials said Thursday, as authorities raised the number of homes and other buildings destroyed to nearly 7,000. Both numbers were expected to rise as crews…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Crews are on the home stretch to the completion of the renovations to the new . A media tour was given on Thursday to show the progress so far. These renovations are all part of the CityArchRiverProject. The new Gateway Arch Museum and Visitors Center will offer improved accessibility and a…
JEFFERSON CITY (KTRS) – As St. Louis and Kansas City submit bids Thursday for the second headquarters of Amazon, the state of Missouri is turning in its own bid – with the promise of building what it calls an innovation corridor between the major metro areas. Missouri Economic Development Director Rob Dixon says the proposal would…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) Updated at 12:00 p.m. An Endangered Person Advisory that St. Louis County Police posted earlier this morning for two missing north county girls is canceled. Police say the teenagers – 14-year-old Kareema Martin and 11-year-old Kormorah Gilbert – have been found safe. Police say the two left last night with five…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Donald Trump has sent a $25,000 check he promised to the father of an Army sergeant killed in Afghanistan. The Washington Post reported Wednesday that Trump offered the money during a telephone conversation with the father of Dillon Baldrige a few weeks after the 22-year-old was killed in…
Breckenridge Hills, MO (KTRS) A suspect is in custody in connection with a murder in north county. Thirty-seven-year-old Troy Whitaker of University City was charged on Wednesday with second-degree murder, armed criminal action, and unlawful possession of a gun in the fatal shooting of 36-year-old Anthony Jackson. Police say the two men were arguing at…