ST. LOUIS (AP) — Backers of a St. Louis trolley that closed almost two years ago because of financial troubles are hoping that a regional board will soon approve a $1.26 million federal grant to help get the line running again next year. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that trolley supporters say the grant would…
BC-US-Obit-Powell, 16th Ld-Writethru Oct 18, 2021 10:33 AM WASHIINGTON (AP) — Colin Powell, former Joint Chiefs chairman and secretary of state, has died from COVID-19 complications. In an announcement on social media Monday, the family said Powell had been fully vaccinated. He was 84. Powell was the first African American to serve as chairman of…
REPUBLIC, Mo. (AP) — Police are investigating the death of a woman they’re calling suspicion after her body was found on a southwestern Missouri road. Springfield television station KYTV reports that the woman’s body was found Tuesday night on a road in Republic near Brookline Cemetery. Investigators say a driver noticed the body on the…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) North St. Louis County Police say around 8:30 Friday night, a Stolen car with a man shot inside, crashed into a Church. A man and a juvenile– along with two other people who fled the scene, drove into the “Faith in Hope” Ministry on Lewis and Clark Boulevard. The man who…
Apr 20, 2019 By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — The eldest son and daughter of a couple who starved and shackled 12 of their children spoke publicly for the first time Friday, alternately condemning and forgiving their parents before a judge sentenced the pair to up to life in prison. Since being freed…
St. Louis MO (KTRS) The wife of Missouri Ku Klux Klan leader, Frank Ancona Jr. admits to fatally shooting her husband. Forty-seven-year old Malissa Ancona of Leadwood MO pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree murder, tampering with evidence and abandonment of a corpse in the 2017 killing of Ancona. She was sentenced to life in prison…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A 21-year-old St. Louis County man is charged with second-degree murder after prosecutors say he caused an accident that killed a Swansea Illinois firefighter. Police say thirty-year-old Brett Korves lost his life on April 4 at the intersection of Page Avenue and Warson Road when Nicolas Washington was fleeing from police…
St. Louis MO (KTRS) Florissant Police say a St. Louis County man is under arrest and charged in connection with two separate robbery and sexual assault crimes. He reportedly attacked the women in their cars. Investigators say 19-year-old Temetrius Cross of the 10000 block of Count Drive jumped a woman Tuesday as she got out…
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Judiciary Committee approved subpoenas Wednesday for special counsel Robert Mueller’s full Russia report as Democrats pressure the Justice Department to release the document without redactions. The committee voted 24-17 to give Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., permission to issue subpoenas to the Justice Department…
By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal judge should end restrictions on when St. Louis police use chemical agents such as pepper spray and tear gas to break up protests, according to a court filing on behalf of the police department. The 39-page motion filed Friday seeks to dissolve a preliminary…