CHICAGO (AP) — A winter storm blanketed much of the central Midwest with snow on Sunday at the end of the Thanksgiving weekend, bringing blizzard-like conditions that grounded hundreds of flights and forced the closure of major highways on one of the busiest travel days of the year. “It’s going to be messy,” said Todd…
A major winter storm is expected to hit parts of the Midwest Sunday. The National Weather Service is calling for heavy snow in parts of southeast Nebraska, northeast Kansas, southern Iowa, northern Missouri, and northwest Illinois, with some areas seeing 10 inches or more. The snow will be accompanied by winds of up to 45…
BRUSSELS (AP) — Romania’s president has welcomed the Brexit agreement saying it will protect the rights of hundreds of thousands of Romanians in Britain. President Klaus Iohannis said Sunday that while most EU members were sad that Britain was leaving the bloc, if the agreement passes it “will protect Romanians and other Europeans who are…
ST. JOHN, Mo. (AP) — Police are investigating a car crash death in in north St. Louis county as a homicide. St. Louis County Police say officers responded Friday night to a crash in St. John and found a vehicle had left the road and hit a pole. A woman was pronounced dead at the…
By KIM CHANDLER , Associated Press HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Protesters on Saturday marched through an Alabama shopping mall where police killed a black man they later acknowledged was not the triggerman in a Thanksgiving night shooting that wounded two people. An officer shot and killed 21-year-old Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford, Jr. of Hueytown while responding…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — Two St. Louis County police officers have been fired for misleading investigators about their role in a fatal pursuit. Police Chief Jon Belmar announced the firings in a statement on Friday. He did not name the officers. The incident began on Aug. 10 when a Hyundai Elantra sped past the officers.…
By THOMAS ADAMSON PARIS (AP) — French police fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse demonstrators in Paris Saturday, as thousands gathered in the capital and staged road blockades across the nation to vent anger against rising fuel taxes and Emmanuel Macron’s presidency. Thousands of police were deployed nationwide to contain the demonstrations, including…
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Latest on the situation in Afghanistan (all times local): 4:45 p.m. An Afghan military spokesman says the death toll from a bombing at a mosque inside an Afghan military base in the volatile eastern Khost province has risen to 27 soldiers. The spokesman, Abdullah, who like many Afghans uses…
Author: Glenn Fuselier Published: 2:00 Am CST November 23, 2018 (KTRS) ST. LOUIS, MO The Kirkwood High School Pioneers beat the Webster Groves Statesmen, 75 to 34, for the fourth consecutive time in the annual Turkey Day Game football match-up. The Pioneers came into the game with seven wins and four loses to play a win-less Statesmen…
Author: Glenn Fuselier Published: 3:30 AM CST November 22, 2018 (KTRS) St. Louis MO A 51-year-old man is fatally struck in St. Charles last night around 11:30. The Missouri Highway Patrol says Michael L. Allbright of Fredericktown Missouri walked into the path of a Jeep Wrangler exiting onto Route K from Highway I-70. Allbright died…