KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — President Donald Trump is headed to Kansas City to speak at the national convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Trump’s arrival Tuesday comes just one day after the Senate confirmed Pentagon official Robert Wilkie to be secretary of Veterans Affairs following months of tumult. Wilkie will be tasked with…
Granite City, IL (KTRS) President Trump is visiting Granite City Steel later this week, the White House announced yesterday. Granite City Steel has fired up 2 blast furnaces since the President announced a 25 percent tariff on imported steel, leading to 800 new jobs at the metro-east mill. This will be Trump’s first visit to…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) An endangered person advisory is in effect for a missing St. Louis County girl. According to the St. Louis County Police Department, 13-year-old Jashari Y. Johnson is missing after an incident that occurred in the 1800 Block of El Sabado Drive Sunday night. Johnson is African-American, 5 feet 5 inches tall,…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police are investigating three murders in north St. Louis. Investigators say the first incident happened around 7:30 p.m. Sunday in the 3800 block of Cottage Avenue where a man was fatally shot. The victim’s name hasn’t been released. Another man was gunned down at just before 1 a.m. Monday on Market…
BRANSON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri lawmaker says change is needed to improve the safety of amphibious vehicles like duck boats after 17 people were killed when one sunk last week at Table Rock Lake near Branson. Cassville Republican Sen. David Sater on Monday said he’s waiting on the results of the federal investigation into…
Ste. Genevieve, MO (KTRS) The Ste. Genevieve National Historic Park is now part of the National Park Service, thanks to legislation spearheaded by Missouri Senator Roy Blunt. Blunt was in Ste. Genevieve with U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, to participate in a round table discussion…
BRANSON, Mo. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says it is planning to raise a duck boat that sank in a southern Missouri lake during powerful winds, killing 17 people. The work to recover the Ride the Ducks boat from Table Rock Lake is scheduled to begin 9 a.m. Monday. The boat went down Thursday…
BRANSON, Mo. (AP) — Around 200 people have attended a community memorial service in Branson for the 17 people killed when a duck boat sand in a Missouri Lake. The Joplin Globe reports a church bell chimed 17 times Sunday at Williams Chapel at College of the Ozarks to honor the victims. The boat sank…
Grafton, IL (KTRS) A husband and wife are hospitalized after a boat explosion is Grafton. Authorities say the explosion happened early Saturday night on the Mississippi River as the leisure boat was coming in to dock. The operator of the boat was reportedly having mechanical issues. The victims were thrown into the water when the…
BRANSON, Mo. (AP) — “Grab the baby!” Those were the last words Tia Coleman recalls her sister-in-law yelling before the tourist boat they were on sank into a Missouri lake, killing 17 people, including nine of Coleman’s family members. A huge wave hit, scattering passengers on the vessel known as a duck boat into Table…