ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — Heavy rain across Missouri has caused river levels to spike, shutting down roads and threatening some homes and businesses in low-lying areas. The Missouri River and other waterways are already flooding in the state’s northwest and the Mississippi River’s levels are rising fast, especially in the northeast of the state.…
SPRINGFIELD, MO (AP) — A Springfield man who was the administrator of an online chat group in which members shared images and videos of child sexual abuse has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison. The Springfield News-Leader reports that 30-year-old Anthony Cotter was sentenced last week for receiving and distributing child pornography. Cotter admitted…
PINE LAWN, MO (AP) — Authorities say an intruder has shot and killed a 20-year-old woman after forcing open the back door of a suburban St. Louis apartment. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the shooting happened around 1:20 a.m. Tuesday in Pine Lawn. The woman’s name wasn’t immediately released. Another woman who was upstairs at…
SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) — Archaeological work could begin this fall on the remains of homes burned down during the 1908 Springfield race riots after an agreement was reached between federal, state and city officials. The deal covers how excavations will be done and directs the city and the Illinois State Museum to curate the artifacts…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The St. Louis murder count continues to climb. This comes after three fatal shootings in north St. Louis within a mile of each other. Police say the first incident happened at just after 5 p.m. Monday when a man was shot on Martin Luther King and Hodiamont. He died after being…
St. Louis Homicide detectives are working three homicides from Monday evening. The first homicide was in the Hamilton Heights neighborhood around 5 p.m. Police say a man was found shot to death in a field at Martin Luther King Drive and Hodiamont. The second murder was found just a couple blocks away in the 1400…
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) — Relatives of a Chicago-area Marine killed during World War II are welcoming his body back after 75 years being buried in Hawaii as an unknown serviceman. Military officials say DNA tests helped confirm the identity of Marine Corps Tech. Sgt. Harry Carlsen of Brookfield, who was 31 when he was…
HILLSBORO, MO (AP) — A missing blind man is safe, thanks to the nose of a 3-year-old black lab mix who sniffed him out. Ruby was part of a weekend search team looking for the man in Hillsboro, Missouri, 40 miles southwest of St. Louis. The man, who has epilepsy in addition to blindness, was…
JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) — The Missouri Sheriffs’ Association is accusing state Auditor Nicole Galloway of a rush to judgment in her report that raised troubling concerns about oversight of sex offenders. The report released last week found nearly 1,300 sex offenders unaccounted for, including hundreds who fall into the most dangerous category. Sex offenders…
BOLIVAR, MO (AP) — A replica World War I era biplane crashed and overturned on landing at an airport in southwest Missouri, leaving the 67-year-old pilot trapped but unhurt. The Springfield News-Leader reports that the crash happened Sunday evening at the Bolivar Municipal Airport, about 40 miles (65 kilometers) north of Springfield. Police said in a…