Dallas gunman learned tactics at Texas self-defense school
DALLAS (AP) – The gunman who killed five police officers at a protest march had practiced military-style drills in his yard and trained at a private self-defense school that teaches special tactics, including “shooting on the move,” a maneuver in which an attacker fires and changes position before firing again. Micah Johnson, an Army veteran,…
Leake has 10 Ks, Cardinals hit 2 HRs in 5-1 win over Brewers
MILWAUKEE (AP) – Mike Leake struck out a season-high 10 over seven innings, Matt Adams and Randal Grichuk homered, and the St. Louis Cardinals cooled off Milwaukee rookie Junior Guerra in a 5-1 victory over the Brewers on Sunday. Aledmys Diaz scored from first on a single in the fifth to snap a tie and…
UPDATE: Arrests at Louisiana protests
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – More than 160 people are believed to have been arrested during weekend protests in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where last week a black man was fatally shot by police. At least 30 of those arrests came Sunday night, as a few hundred people tried to block the on-ramp of Interstate 110.…
50 years later, woman says her dad flew through the Arch
ST. LOUIS (AP) – For 50 years, an unsolved mystery in St. Louis centered around who piloted the small plane that flew through the legs of the newly-completed Gateway Arch in 1966. A suburban St. Louis woman says it was her father. The 630-foot tall monument was newly completed when, on June 22, 1966, a small…
Illinois’ court fees rising to cover special programs
( KTRS ) A new report says court fees and fines in Illinois have ballooned over the years because they’ve become bloated with surcharges to pay for programs and services. Sometimes the added surcharges fund things unrelated to a case, such as law libraries and zero-interest loans for fire departments to buy new trucks. The…
Missouri GOP candidates for governor talk LGBT issues
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s GOP candidates for governor are weighing in on policies that would affect LGBT people. The Republican candidates are businessman John Brunner, former Navy SEAL officer Eric Greitens, former U.S. attorney and House speaker Catherine Hanaway and Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder. The four decried guidance from Democratic President Barack Obama’s…
Police in O’ Fallon,MO. say teens used Pokemon Go to rob victims
( KTRS ) Police in O’Fallon, MO. say four teens robbed victims after luring them to a specific location using the new ‘Pokemon Go’ smartphone game. Police said Sunday that four teens used the game to draw victims to a spot where they were waiting, and then robbed them. The recently released game sends players…