ATLANTA (AP) — As Hurricane Florence heads toward the East Coast, the University of North Carolina at Wilmington is encouraging its students to leave campus this week for a safer location. The university said Sunday that it has issued a voluntary evacuation for students starting at noon Monday. Students are urged — but not required —…
By MARK SCOLFORO , Associated Press Nearly 17 years after passengers on a hijacked flight from New Jersey to California fought back against a band of terrorists who then crashed the jetliner into a rural Pennsylvania field, a symbol of their bravery and sacrifice will be unveiled Sunday at the place where they fell to…
St. Clair County, IL (KTRS) First responders have been busy with water rescues in the metro-east amid the heavy rainfall. Authorities say late Saturday night a driver was rescued from flood waters on South 11th Street just outside of Belleville. First responders used a boat for the rescue operation. The driver wasn’t injured. This is…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) 38-year-old Jesse Michael Kelley of Green Park is in jail for a murder that occurred on the parking lot of a Walmart in South St. Louis County. Kelley was charged with second degree murder, first degree robbery, and armed criminal action in connection with the murder of an Andre’s chef. County…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — A St. Joseph woman has been awarded $8.5 million in a racial discrimination lawsuit she brought against Missouri gas utility Spire. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that a St. Louis jury on Thursday awarded $1.3 million in actual damages and $7.2 million in punitive damages to 47-year-old Danielle McGaughy, who had worked…
SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) — A judge has sentenced a Springfield woman to an extra six months in prison after learning a letter of support she submitted to the court was falsified. The State Journal-Register reports 31-year-old Elizabeth Gonzalez was sentenced last month to 15 months in prison for embezzling more than $47,500 from a bank where she…
ATLANTA, GA (AP) — The U.S. East Coast could be hit with a powerful hurricane next week as Tropical Storm Florence continues to strengthen as it moves toward the mainland, forecasters said Saturday. Florence is expected to become a major hurricane by Monday, the National Hurricane Center said, adding that “a significant phase of intensification”…
LOS ANGELES, CA (AP) — Bill Daily, the comic sidekick to leading men on the sitcoms “I Dream of Jeannie” and “The Bob Newhart Show,” has died, a family spokesman said Saturday. Daily died of natural causes in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Tuesday, at his home where he had been living with his son, spokesman…
FAIR GROVE, MO (AP) — Authorities say a Missouri sheriff’s deputy has died after his patrol car was swept away by floodwaters. The Springfield News-Leader reports that 35-year-old Greene County Deputy Aaron Paul Roberts had just returned to service following a 911 hang-up call Friday night when he radioed that his car had been washed off the…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A suspect in the murder of an Andre’s chef in the parking lot of the South County Walmart is in custody. County police believe the suspect is the same individual responsible for a Central West End kidnapping and robbery. 29-year-old Alexander Marley of the 200 block of East Felton Avenue in…