ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis police are investigating after a man, woman and child were found shot to death inside a home on the city’s south side. Police received a call for help around 3:45 p.m. Friday. Officers went to the home in the St. Louis Hills neighborhood and discovered the bodies. Police have…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A judge has refused to issue a temporary restraining order that would have prohibited Republican Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens and his staff from using a texting app that erases messages after they are read. The Kansas City Star reports that Cole County Judge Jon Beetem issued the ruling Friday in…
By DAVID EGGERT and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER, Associated Press CHARLOTTE, Mich. (AP) — A distraught father seething over sexual abuse suffered by three daughters tried to attack former sports doctor Larry Nassar in a Michigan courtroom Friday after a judge rejected his request to confront the “demon” in a locked room, a stunning rush that reflected the…
Olivette, MO (KTRS)Â Â Police need the public’s help in identifying two suspects in a robbery at an Olivette jewelry store, where the owner’s dog was fatally shot. Police say two armed men wearing full face masks and hooded sweatshirts, entered Timekeepers in the 9400 block of Olive around 10:30 a.m Thursday and demanded money. During the…
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s most famous groundhog foresees no early end to winter. Punxsutawney Phil’s handlers announced Friday the weather prognosticator saw his shadow. Legend has it if the furry rodent casts a shadow on Feb. 2, Groundhog Day, expect six more weeks of winter-like weather. Phil’s prediction is decided ahead of time by…
WELDON SPRING, Mo. (AP) — Police and federal authorities are investigating after a piece of military ordnance was found following a standoff with a man threatening suicide in St. Charles County. St. Charles County police were called around noon Thursday to a report of a suicidal person at a gas station in Weldon Spring. After…
By HEIDI BROWN, Associated Press CROZET, Va. (AP) — The safety arms at a railroad crossing where a train carrying Republican lawmakers slammed into a garbage truck appeared to be malfunctioning the day before the deadly crash, drivers who regularly cross over the tracks at the crash scene said Thursday. Gene Locke, who lives near the…
By AMANDA LEE MYERS, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A girl believed to be 12 years old opened fire Thursday in a middle school classroom, critically wounding one classmate and injuring three others, authorities said. Police arrested the girl and recovered a gun after the shooting that happened just before 9 a.m. at Salvador B.…
Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has announced plans to clean up a St. Louis area landfill where Cold War-era nuclear waste was illegally dumped four decades ago by partially excavating it. The EPA said Thursday that the plan calls for removing the majority of radioactive contamination that poses a health…
St. Louis, MOÂ (KTRS)Â Â A shooting involving an off-duty Velda City police officer in south St. Louis is being investigated. Authorities say the officer shot a man late Wednesday night outside of a bar at Spring Avenue and Potomac Street. The man was reportedly armed with a knife. Fox 2 News reports the shooting stemmed from…