ST. LOUIS (AP) — More than 1,000 St. Louis residents have already applied for a new $5 million pandemic aid program that will provide $500 apiece to everyone who qualifies. Hundreds of people applied for the aid Saturday at an event at St. Louis Community College. Hundreds of others applied for aid online. City treasurer…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is banking on Republican voters forgiving his past indiscretions when they choose a Senate nominee next August. At least one of his opponents, and many in the GOP establishment, are hoping they don’t forget. Greitens resigned as governor in 2018 amid an investigation of an extramarital…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police say they’ve made an arrest after a woman charged in a 2020 St. Louis homicide was herself killed in a shooting in St. Louis’ Hamilton Heights neighborhood. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 28-year-old Tatyana Smiley was found shot to death Tuesday morning inside a building in the same block…
GRANITE CITY, Ill. (AP) — Three people died and four others were injured Thursday after a fire tore through a Granite City apartment complex. Granite City Fire Chief Rich Wilson says that when fire crews arrived about 12:45 p.m., several people were leaping from a second-floor window to escape flames that had begun to engulf…
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — The damage from last week’s tornado in St. Charles County is now estimated at more than $3.4 million. The suburban St. Louis County was among several areas of the Midwest and South ravaged by tornadoes and storms on Friday. A news release from the county on Wednesday said 26 structures…
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Authorities have identified the man who was fatally shot by police in Ferguson earlier this week and say at least one of the cartridge casings found at the scene was fired from the man’s handgun. St. Louis County police on Wednesday identified the man killed as 35-year-old Jeremi Moore of St.…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A man who was effectively sentenced to life in prison for a robbery he committed as a teenager in St. Louis has been granted parole. The American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri says 42-year-old Bobby Bostic was granted parole Monday and will be released from prison late next year. Bostic was…
EDWARDSVILLE, Il. (AP) — The federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration said Monday it has opened an investigation into the collapse of an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois, after it was struck by a tornado on Friday, leaving six people dead and another hospitalized. OSHA will look into whether workplace safety rules were followed. OSHA…
DEFIANCE, Mo. (AP) — Missouri officials are continuing to assess the damage caused by tornadoes that killed at least two people in the state this weekend. Gov. Mike Parsons visited St. Charles and Pemiscot counties Sunday to see the aftermath of the storms that moved through Friday night. The same storm system also generated tornadoes…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Gov. Mike Parson’s office says at least two people in Missouri have died and hundreds of homes and buildings are damaged or destroyed after a massive Friday night stormfront that killed dozens in several states. Parson’s office said a woman was killed at home in St. Charles County northwest of St.…