LOCKHART, Texas (AP) – Police say the pilot of a hot air balloon that crashed in Texas and killed all 16 people aboard had been arrested in Missouri for driving while intoxicated in 2000. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported in 2008 that the Better Business Bureau there had warned consumers about doing business with Alfred…
NEW YORK (AP) — Some Asian and Latino supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement are reaching out to others in their communities to convince them that the movement is their fight too. They created a crowd-sourced letter that’s been translated into numerous languages in the wake of the most recent deaths of black people…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A man convicted of charges stemming from a cyberattack that disabled the St. Louis County police union website faces new restrictions. Justin Payne pleaded guilty in 2015 to possessing an unregistered firearm and a misdemeanor count of damaging a protected computer. He was accused of using Twitter accounts to unleash a…
BRIDGETON, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say four family members have been found shot to death in a suburban St. Louis home. Police told The St. Louis Post-Dispatch that the four people were found dead in the Bridgeton home before noon Saturday. Bridgeton police say it appears the four died of gunshots in an apparent murder-suicide.…
Lefty Has Little in the Tank
(KTRS) – Prosecutors say that one man was responsible for three murders in one week earlier this month. Investigators say the killing spree began July 14 when Brandon Harris shot and robbed a man in St. Louis City. Just two days later a man and woman were robbed and shot while in their car. The…
(KTRS) – The race for US Senate in Missouri is a tight one: a Post-Dispatch poll finds that incumbent Republican Roy Blunt is ahead of Democratic challenger Jason Kander by just 4 points. Both candidates face challenges in Tuesday’s primary, but are already looking ahead to their anticipated November matchup. The poll also reveals a…
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – The head of the Republican Party in a Maine county will be permitted to keep his position after apologizing for degrading an openly gay Democratic lawmaker in an email. The Portland Press Herald reports the executive committee of York County Republicans voted Wednesday to not take disciplinary action against county GOP…
