By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s plan to combat opioid drug addiction nationwide calls for stiffer penalties for drug traffickers, including the death penalty where appropriate under current law, a top administration official said Sunday. It’s a fate for drug dealers that Trump, who aims to be seen as tough on…
East St. Louis, IL (KTRS) A man is dead after being hit by a MetroLink train in East St. Louis. Authorities say the victim was walking on the tracks just east of the Fairview Heights station off North 94th Street when he was struck by a westbound train at just before 8 p.m. Saturday. The…
By ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Andrew McCabe, the onetime FBI deputy director long scorned by President Donald Trump and just fired by the attorney general, kept personal memos detailing interactions with the president that have been provided to the special counsel’s office and are similar to the notes compiled by dismissed FBI chief…
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Ferguson voters will decide next month whether to raise property taxes to continue funding programs at the city’s small library downtown. Prior to 2014, the Ferguson Municipal Public Library had few offerings. Then, national attention turned to the city after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a police officer…
By JENNIFER KAY and ALLEN G. BREED, Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — As crews began removing bodies from beneath a collapsed pedestrian bridge Saturday, a victim’s uncle raged against what he called the “complete incompetence” and “colossal failure” that allowed people to drive beneath the unfinished concrete span. “Why they had to build this monstrosity in…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Federal and state officials are scheduled to conduct damage assessments in three Illinois counties after flooding damaged or destroyed more than 120 homes last month. Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s office said Friday that teams from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Illinois Emergency Management Agency and U.S. Small Business Administration would start…
By ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions says he has fired Andrew McCabe, a former FBI deputy director who was a regular target of President Donald Trump’s anger and criticism, just two days before McCabe’s scheduled retirement date. McCabe suggested the move was part of the Trump administration’s “war on the…
ST. LOUIS COUNTY (KTRS) Charges of sexual assault, kidnapping and armed criminal action have been filed against Phillip Stroisch, the Overland man who was also charged last week with shooting into a Chesterfield home and injuring a couple. The St. Louis County prosecutor’s office lists a half-dozen charges of sodomy among the 21 charges, which include…
CLINTON, Mo. (AP) — A telephone company says its database did not provide the wrong Missouri address and phone number to police dispatchers leading to the shooting of three officers, one fatally. Police were alerted March 6 about a 911 call in which two women could be heard arguing but made no comment to dispatchers.…
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The National Weather Service has issued fire warnings for six states in the nation’s midsection. The Red Flag warnings issued Friday include most of Oklahoma, the Texas Panhandle, southern Kansas, northeastern New Mexico, southeastern Colorado and southeastern Missouri. Oklahoma Forestry Services has already requested and received firefighters and equipment from Alabama,…