Collinsville, IL (KTRS) The Illinois State Police are investigating a double shooting that occurred on Interstate 64. It all began shortly before 9 P.M. Monday at milepost 3. That’s where troopers responded to a call for shots fired. Upon arrival, they found 2 black men dead inside of a vehicle. It is not known where…
Kabul, Afghanistan (AP) — Some 200,000 Afghans and counting have returned from Iran to their home country after losing their jobs in the coronavirus pandemic or out of fear of getting infected. They are flowing across the border from a country that has one of the world’s worst outbreaks to an impoverished nation that is…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Rockwood School District is also joining the COVID-19 fight. The 3D printers inside Rockwood schools – once idled by the COVID-19 schools closure, are idle no more. Instead, volunteer staff members are using them to make personal protective equipment for medical personnel combating coronavirus.
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch) — Gov. Mike Parson has issued a statewide stay-at-home order starting Monday, meaning Missouri will join about 40 other states that require residents to avoid going out except for essential purposes. The Republican governor’s order came Friday as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Missouri topped 2,000. The number of infections…
New York (AP) — As more and more people survive the new coronavirus, hospitals want them to line up to donate some blood. Doctors want to use blood plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients to treat the sick, giving them a dose of the immune system antibodies that fight the virus. There’s no proof it works.…
O’Fallon, MO (AP) — Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens has re-emerged after nearly two years out of the public eye, fueling speculation that his resignation after a tawdry scandal hasn’t killed his political aspirations. He won’t run for governor this year, not at least as a Republican. The filing deadline was Tuesday. But Greitens could…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) An area man is indicted on federal drug and firearms charges related to a drug overdose in Florissant last month. According to the U.S. Attorney’s office, 48-year-old Markquis Bryant – aka “Two” – has been indicted by a federal grand jury on being a felon in possession of a firearm and…
Washington D.C. (AP) — U.S. Navy officials say nearly 3,000 sailors aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier where the coronavirus has spread will be taken off the ship by Friday as military leaders struggle to quarantine crew members in the face of an outbreak. The USS Theodore Roosevelt is now docked in Guam. Navy leaders say…
Belleville, IL (KTRS) Police identify the woman who was shot and killed in Belleville Monday afternoon. According to the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department, 20-year-old Nalisia Barnes of East St. Louis was at a home located in the 2500 block of Lucy Drive with 4 others at the time of the shooting. Police said there…
Berlin, Germany (AP) — Germany has seen a steady rise in the number of new coronavirus infections, but so far deaths have been low compared to many of its European neighbors. Labs were quick to ramp up their testing capacity and now experts say up to 500,000 tests can be conducted in Germany each week.…