WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump celebrated the National Day of Prayer by announcing a White House initiative that he said would underpin policies recognizing the “vital role” of religion in the country. “America is a nation of believers,” he said. The President focused on the power of prayer as a centerpiece of American…
HILLSBORO, Mo. (AP) — A Jefferson County man is accused trying to set his house on fire and taking two hostages at knifepoint. Investigators say Kylie Kunzie called 911 to report a fire in his home Wednesday morning. They say he called again minutes later saying he was at a nearby home and holding a…
By JIM SALTER , Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Video cameras will not be allowed in the courtroom when Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens goes to trial later this month, a judge ruled Thursday. St. Louis Circuit Judge Rex Burlison turned down a request from a lawyer working on behalf of several media outlets, citing…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) A suspect is being sought in connection with a bank robbery in north county. Police say a man held up U.S. Bank in the 2800 block of Netherton around 3 p.m. According to the investigation, the suspect.approached a bank teller and passed a note and implied a firearm. The suspect took…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A child is dead following a shooting in north St. Louis. Police say the 14-year-old boy was shot inside of a home along the 1200 block of North Euclid at just after 5 p.m. Wednesday. He died after being taken to an area hospital. The victim’s name hasn’t been released. There’s…
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Isabelo Rivera, adjutant general of the Puerto Rico National Guard, says the cargo plane that crashed in Georgia was more than 60 years old and was making its final flight into retirement in Arizona. He says the C-130 plane had been used in the past to rescue U.S. citizens stranded in…
By DAVID A. LIEB, SUMMER BALLENTINE and BLAKE NELSON , Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A former campaign aide to Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens testified that he was duped into taking the fall when the governor’s campaign was trying to explain how it had gotten a list of top donors to a veterans’…
JEFFERSON CITY (KTRS) A bipartisan report from a Missouri legislative committee concludes Governor Eric Greitens lied about the use of a nonprofit donors list for his 2016 campaign. The report says Greitens signed an agreement in 2012 he would not disclose information from a donors list for the veterans charity he founded called The Mission Continues.…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) St. Louis Police say the suspect in Sunday night’s fatal shooting at Balpark Village – Scotty Joseph Lee – has turned himself in. On Twitter Wednesday morning, police confirmed he turned himself in to the homicide division at police headquarters downtown. A warrant charging him with first-degree murder, assault and two armed criminal…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri has sent troops to Arizona to assist with border security. Four soldiers in Missouri’s National Guard and a UH-72 Lakota helicopter deployed Tuesday, according to a statement from Gov. Eric Greitens. The statement says the soldiers will provide aerial surveillance, and will not directly participate in law enforcement. In…