SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Wednesday was the sixth deadliest day since the coronavirus pandemic hit Illinois, and there were more people in the hospital than at any time since May, officials reported.The numbers prompted the Illinois Department of Public Health to strongly urge residents for the next three weeks to stay home whenever possible and…
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police say a man who claimed he was headed to Missouri to kill former U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill was arrested in Utah. According to court documents, George William Stahl of Cottonwood Heights, Utah, made several threats against McCaskill and told authorities that he was going to kill her. Utah Highway…
No. 12 Georgia at Missouri is the fourth Southeastern Conference game scheduled for Saturday to be postponed because of COVID-19. The conference announced the game could not be played because of positive COVID-19 tests and individuals in quarantine after contact tracing within the Missouri program. Earlier this week, No. 24 Auburn at Mississippi State; No.…
(KTRS) – A suspected truck thief is recovering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after leading Franklin County Sheriff’s deputies and Missouri Highway Patrol troopers on a pursuit in Franklin County Tuesday. Around 8:35 a.m., the Franklin County Sheriff’s office received word via OnStar that a vehicle stolen from a Jefferson County business was in Villa…
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — The Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis is investigating the shooting death of a man and a woman in Ferguson, in the same area where Michael Brown was fatally shot six years ago. Ferguson police were called around 11:45 p.m. Monday to the Canfield Green Apartments. Both victims were found…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri appeals court ordered a new trial for a St. Louis man serving a 25-year sentence in a 2016 shooting death. The court reversed the second-degree murder conviction of Christopher Endicott, ruling a judge in his trial should have instructed jurors that they could consider whether Endicott acted in self-defense.…
St. Louis County, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s largest county is warning its 1 million residents that new restrictions will be necessary unless the coronavirus surge is brought under control. St. Louis County already requires face coverings and has imposed other restrictions, but Democratic Executive Sam Page said at a news conference Monday that with cases…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Local health departments in Missouri don’t have enough staffers to conduct contact training for all of the COVID-19 cases popping up, so they have been prioritizing the ones they try to trace back to their sources. Contact tracing helps health officials determine where virus cases are spreading. Larry Jones with the…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Another record-breaking number of new Covid-19 cases Friday in Missouri. The state reported 3,931 cases Friday and is the second day in a row that Missouri reported a new record. On Thursday the state reported 3,500 new cases. The 7-day average of new cases is at a new high of 2,901.…
WRIGHT CITY, Mo. (AP) — An eastern Missouri pilot has been rescued after his plane became lodged in a tree during a crash. KMOV reports that Lincoln County Fire and Rescue officials said 78-year-old pilot Mike Fleming made his way onto a tree branch after crashing just before 9 a.m. Thursday in Wright City. More…