WASHINGTON (AP) –Â Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson says he, “blanked” when he was asked about the name of Syria’s largest city. Johnson said in a statement that he thought Aleppo was an acronym when asked about it on the television show “Morning Joe” Thursday morning. Johnson responded, “What is Aleppo?” That response quickly went viral.…
ALPINE, Texas (AP) – Police in the West Texas town of Alpine say there’s an “active shooter” situation at a high school and schools have been locked down amid the search for a suspect. Elizabeth Carter, a lieutenant at the Texas Department of Public Safety, said someone brought a gun onto the Alpine High School…
St. Louis County, MO  (KTRS)  A suspect is being sought after a car was stolen in north county with two children inside. Police say the suspect took the car at gunpoint from the children’s mother at a gas station near Page Avenue and North Hanley Road around 8 a.m. Thursday.  The suspect dropped off the children,…
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band just don’t want to leave the stage. Wednesday night’s concert at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia lasted nearly four hours, four minutes, breaking the previous record for the group’s longest U.S. show set last week. Philadelphia Daily News sports statistician and Springsteen fan Bob Vetrone…
St. Louis, MO  (KTRS)  A young girl is hospitalized  after being shot in the jaw in north St. Louis. Police say the girl who is said to be between 8 to 10 years-old, was shot late Wednesday night on St. Louis Avenue near Goodfellow. The child’s parents drove her to the hospital. Police haven’t released…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – The wife of an officer killed in a lone gunman’s ambush in Baton Rouge in July has announced that she’s pregnant. Dechia Gerald tells WAFB-TV (http://bit.ly/2cv3x4G ) that she believes she conceived just five days before her husband, 41-year-old Officer Matthew Gerald, died in the line of duty. Gerald, Officer…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – A central Illinois school district sent 600 students home from classes because they didn’t have their required physicals and immunizations. The State Journal-Register reports the Springfield Public Schools students were sent home Tuesday. Superintendent Jennifer Gill says most of those students are heading into sixth, ninth and 12th grades. Gill says one…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Federal tax documents show that Eric Greitens, the Republican candidate for Missouri governor, was paid $700,000 over a five-year period by a charity he founded to help veterans. Democratic candidate Chris Koster is criticizing the payments in new ads launched Wednesday. One accuses Greitens of diverting money intended to help…
Authorities are investigating after a child was shot in the jaw. The St. Louis Post Dispatch reports the shooting happened late Wednesday night near St. Louis Avenue and Goodfellow Boulevard. The child, a young girl between the ages of 8-10, was taken to the hospital by her parents and is said to be in stable…
( KTRS ) Authorities are investigating a fatal shooting in Riverview, North St. Louis. Police responded to a call for a shooting around 9pm Wednesday night in the 10000 block of Diamond Drive, near Chambers Road. A man was found at the scene with gun shot wounds, he was taken to a hospital where he later…