WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett (all times local): 11:05 a.m. Sen. Dick Durbin says there’s an “orange cloud” hanging over the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. The Illinois Democrat didn’t specifically say he meant President Donald Trump in Barrett’s confirmation…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis couple celebrated in some circles and vilified in others for waving guns at protesters near their home have pleaded not guilty to two felony charges. Mark and Patricia McCloskey appeared during a brief hearing Wednesday. The McCloskeys, who are both attorneys in their early 60s, have been charged…
Washington D.C. (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett returns to Capitol Hill for a third day of confirmation hearings by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Senators are digging deeper into the conservative judge’s outlook on abortion, health care and a potentially disputed presidential election. The conservative judge has been giving hours of testimony, but…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The woman hit by a car in the city’s North Riverfront Neighborhood last week is identified. 37-year-old Shannell Jamison was crossing the street in the 6200 block of North Broadway shortly before midnight last Thursday when she was hit by a White Dodge Avenger. The driver fled the scene. EMS responded…
PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. (AP) — With Election Day just three weeks away, President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are concentrating on battleground states both see as critical to clinching an Electoral College victory. Biden is spending Tuesday in Florida courting seniors. He’s betting that a voting bloc that buoyed Trump four years ago…
Highland, ILL (KTRS) A 35-year old Highland Illinois woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to five counts of felony fraud. Sarah Delshmitt faked breast cancer and genetic disorders to steal money from several organizations. According to court documents, beginning in October 2015 Delshmitt said she pretended to be diagnosed with muscular dystrophy to attend Camp Summit, a…
RIVERVIEW, Mo. (AP) — A man charged with murder in August in St. Louis County is dead following another shooting. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 21-year-old Demarcus Pierce was found by Riverview police Friday morning. He died Saturday at a hospital. St. Louis County police took over the investigation and are trying to determine…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is telling senators she would bring no “agenda” to the court, batting back questions on abortion, gun rights and other hot-button issues. She declined to say whether or not she would recuse herself from any post-election disputes that might arise from the Nov. 3 election between…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The victim in Monday morning’s homicide in north city is identified. St. Louis Police say 47-year-old Bryan Wright was gunned down at around 10 o’clock in the 22-hundred block of Sullivan, in the city’s St. Louis Place neighborhood. That’s where Wright was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was later…
Grand Rapids, MI (AP) — Five men accused in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will appear in federal court for a hearing on whether they should be detained before trial. U.S. Magistrate Judge Sally Berens will oversee the bail and detention proceeding in Grand Rapids Tuesday. Adam Fox, Ty Garbin, Kaleb Franks,…