RICHMOND, VA (AP) — The political crisis in Virginia spun out of control Wednesday when the state’s attorney general confessed to putting on blackface in the 1980s and a woman went public with detailed allegations of sexual assault against the lieutenant governor. With Gov. Ralph Northam’s career already hanging by a thread over a racist…
Troy, MO (KTRS) An Endangered Person Advisory is in effect for a missing Troy, Missouri woman. According to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, 52-year-old Stephani Johnston is described as a white female, 5 feet 8 inches tall, 171 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. She was last seen driving a Silver 2008 GMC Yukon…
Clayton, MO (KTRS) Testimony continues today in day three of the murder trial for Trenton Forster. Tuesday’s testimony was emotional for the family of Officer Blake Snyder as autopsy photos were shown in the courtroom. Members of Snyder’s family cried and hugged one another during this testimony. Forster is charged in the 2016 shooting death of…
By MARY CLARE JALONICK , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In the panel’s first act since Democrats took the majority, the House intelligence committee is expected to vote Wednesday to send more than 50 interview transcripts from its now-closed Russia investigation to special counsel Robert Mueller. The panel’s new chairman, California Rep. Adam Schiff, has…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — The St. Louis Zoo welcomed a baby boom in recent weeks. Zoo officials announced Tuesday that 11 calves of ungulates — or hoofed mammals — were born in a recent 10-week period. The new animals include three Speke’s gazelles, two addaxes, a Soemmerring’s gazelle, a Grevy’s zebra, two lesser kudus…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Face to face with emboldened Democrats, President Donald Trump called on Washington to cast aside “revenge, resistance and retribution” and end “ridiculous partisan investigations” in a State of the Union address delivered at a vulnerable moment for his presidency. Trump appealed Tuesday night for bipartisanship but refused to yield on the hard-line…
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s office put much of the business of governing on hold Tuesday as the Democrat privately weighed whether he can stay in the job despite the uproar over a racist photo on his 1984 medical school yearbook page. While Northam himself gave no public indication of which way…
The St. Louis police officer accused of killing a female colleague while playing a variation of Russian roulette wants a new judge. The attorney for Nathaniel Hendren filed a motion Monday. Defense attorney Talmage Newton IV says in the filing that Circuit Judge David Roither’s comments at a hearing last week suggested bias against his client. Among…
Tuesday was the second day of the trial of 20-year old Trenton Forster, who is accused of killing St. Louis County Police Officer Blake Snyder. The prosecution presented physical evidence to bolster its case against Forster, including an AK-47 found in his vehicle. The St. Louis County Coroner and a crime scene detective took the…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The visitation is today for a former Navy Seal from St. Louis who was killed in Syria. Scott Wirtz was one of four Americans killed in a suicide bombing last month. The visitation will be held from noon until 8 p.m. at Ortmann Funeral Home in Creve Coeur. An additional visitation will…