Frontier Park in St. Charles has been flooded for several weeks, and while the water has been receding, the park is still a mess, so St. Charles officials have decided to move the Riverfest celebration from the Fourth of July to August 30th and 31st to give the park time to dry out. There will…
ORLANDO, FL (AP) — President Donald Trump’s early strength in Florida on the night of the 2016 election was the first sign that he was about to score an upset victory. In an otherwise bleak 2018 for the GOP, the state was again a bright spot for Republicans who won the governor’s mansion and flipped…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police are investigating a number of shootings that occurred over the weekend. It all began Friday night when the body of a 20-year-old man shot multiple times was found in a vehicle in the 3100 block of Chippewa. Saturday, the violence moved to north county where a 70-year-old man was shot…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people are expected in downtown St. Louis Saturday for a parade and rally to honor the Blues, Stanley Cup champions for the first time in their 52-year history. The Blues beat the Boston Bruins 4-1 Wednesday in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final. The Blues joined…
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The warnings came in text messages from her friends: He’s outside the dorm. He’s at the student center. He’s at Starbucks. But for Alicia Gonzales, sometimes it didn’t matter where he was. She would often hide away in her room on the campus of Marshall University,…
Monroe County IL (KTRS) A farmer wrecked his tractor into a Union Pacific train in Monroe County Friday evening. Authorities say the farmer was out planting seeds by Fults Road and Bluff Road near Maeystown when he struck the train. The tractor was thrown into a field and the farmer was killed. Several surrounding firefighters…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The gunfire that has long haunted St. Louis streets has taken an even more disturbing turn, with a rash of shootings involving children, leaving the city’s police chief angered and frustrated by the lack of cooperation of witnesses. Four children died from gunfire over the past week and two others were…
by St. Louis Blues / Press Release Hey St. Louis! We’re taking the Stanley Cup down Market Street like we’ve always dreamed! Be there to see the St. Louis Blues’ 2019 Championship Parade and Rally, which will begin Saturday, June 15 at noon in downtown St. Louis. The parade begins at 18th and Market Street…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Latest on Mideast developments amid rising tensions in the Persian Gulf region (all times local): 10 a.m. Japan’s defense minister says he has no intention of sending Japanese troops to respond to attacks on a Japanese-operated oil tanker in the Middle East. Takeshi Iwaya told reporters at a…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The rash of child shootings continues after a 5-year-old boy is shot while riding in a car near Midtown Thursday night. The incident occurred around 10 P.M. near the intersection of Grand and Lindell. The boy is hospitalized in critical condition. This comes just one day after 16-year-old Myiesha Cannon was…