By JEFFREY COLLINS , Associated Press YAUHANNAH, S.C. (AP) — More than a week ago, pastor Willie Lowrimore and some of his congregants stacked sandbags around their South Carolina church to protect it from the fury of Hurricane Florence. They moved the pews to higher ground and watched anxiously for days as the nearly black,…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis police are investigating a rash of six killings over a 24-hour period, and the city’s police chief says drugs may be at the root of most of the killings. Four of the victims died Sunday and two more were found inside a car at 6:30 a.m. Monday. Police Chief…
Ferguson, MO (KTRS) A Ferguson-based non-profit is entering its fifth year of providing a unique job training service. Since its inception in late 2013, Jobs and More STL has provided job training to more than 150 people of a wide range of ages, but mainly to those 18 to 25. It was founded by Ferguson…
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — World leaders looked to Nelson Mandela’s legacy of championing peace, human rights and global cooperation but acknowledged the world is far from achieving his ideals as the U.N. General Assembly’s annual top-level meeting began Monday. At a peace summit honoring the late South African leader, nations from around the world adopted…
DALLAS, TX (AP) — A white police officer accused of fatally shooting her black neighbor inside his own apartment was fired Monday for “adverse conduct,” the Dallas Police Department said in a statement. Police Chief U. Renee Hall dismissed Officer Amber Guyger during a hearing Monday, according to the statement posted on Twitter . Guyger has been…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — St. Louis police are investigating a rash of six killings over a two-day period, with five of the victims found inside vehicles. Police say there is no evidence the shootings are connected. Four of the victims died Sunday. The death toll rose around 6:30 a.m. Monday when a man and…
BERKELEY, MO (AP) — Relatives of a fleeing driver and his passenger who were killed in a St. Louis County crash are demanding an outside review. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that police initially said they weren’t chasing the car that crashed last month, killing 49-year-old Mikel Neil, who was driving, and his passenger, 59-year-old Townsal…
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump at the U.N. General Assembly (all times local): 9:10 a.m. President Donald Trump says a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is likely to take place “quite soon.” Speaking at the United Nations, Trump says the relationship with the country whose leader…
By GARY D. ROBERTSON, MARTHA WAGGONER and ALAN SUDERMAN , Associated Press BLADENBORO, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Florence is by no means done with the Carolinas, where some rivers are still rising and thousands of people were told to plan to leave their homes on Monday before rivers reach their crest. About 6,000 to 8,000…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) It was violent weekend in the city of St. Louis. Four people were killed and one was injured in separate shootings in north St. Louis. Police say the first incident happened around 7:30 a.m. Sunday in the 4200 block of Evans. That’s where a woman was discovered in a crashed vehicle According to…