BEIJING (AP) — China issued its top warning for coastal areas of Zhejiang province Friday ahead of a strong typhoon carrying heavy rain and winds and expected to send an intense storm surge up the mighty Yangzte River. Heavy rain was expected in Zhejiang, Shanghai and nearby provinces on Friday before Typhoon Lekima hits land…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A Franklin County man is charged with attempted enticement of a minor and soliciting child pornography. According to the U.S. Attorney’s office, 57-year-old Patrick Estes is now in custody after being indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury. Estes is a registered sex offender having been previously convicted for sexual offenses…
The following is from St. Louis Police: …. Relative to the three below robbery incidents that occurred yesterday, Detectives need assistance identifying this pictured suspect. While the vehicle was recovered in St. Louis County, the suspect is still at large. Anyone interested in a cash reward for their information and want to remain anonymous can…
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Michael Brown’s death at the hands of a white Missouri police officer stands as a seismic moment in American race relations. The fledgling Black Lives Matter movement found its voice, police departments fell under intense scrutiny, progressive prosecutors were elected and court policies revised. Yet five years after the black 18-year-old…
LOS ANGELES, CA (AP) — A man who was “full of anger” stabbed, slashed and robbed his way across two Southern California cities in a bloody rampage that killed four people and wounded two others who were apparently targeted at random, authorities said. The 33-year-old man from Garden Grove robbed more than half a dozen…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Body cameras are now being phased in at all 8 St. Louis County Police precincts. Almost 700 officers will be outfitted with the cameras between now and the end of the year. The cameras are designed to begin recording when an officer runs, falls, or draws his gun – as well…
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Protesters greeted President Donald Trump’s arrival in Dayton Wednesday, blaming his incendiary rhetoric for inflaming political and racial tensions in the country and demanding action on gun control as he visited survivors of last weekend’s mass shootings and saluted first responders. The president and first lady Melania Trump began their visit…
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Wednesday leader Kim Jong Un supervised a live-fire demonstration of newly developed, short-range ballistic missiles intended to send a warning to the United States and South Korea over their joint military exercises. The official Korean Central News Agency said two missiles launched from a western airfield flew…
Granite City, IL (KTRS) Fire crews are investigating following a massive fire at a metro-east recycling plant. The fire broke out at around 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon at Totall Metal Recycling in the 2700 block of Missouri Avenue in Granite City. 11 different fire departments worked the blaze, which was contained by around 8 P.M.…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stephen Kay was a fresh-faced prosecutor just 27 years old and three years out of law school when circumstances handed him the Charles Manson “family” murder case. Over the next half-century, it would come to define his career and lead to death threats that to this day he worries a Manson…