St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) The former mayor of Kinloch is facing eight months behind bars for stealing from the town’s fire district. That sentence was handed down on Wednesday for Darren Small in federal court. His wife, Jayna Small, a former president of the fire district board of directors, was sentenced to probation last week. The…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley is tapping former Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s chief of staff to lead his U.S. Senate campaign. The Republican picked Kyle Plotkin to manage his 2018 campaign for Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill’s seat. Plotkin was Jindal’s chief of staff and later his spokesman in 2015…
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and MICHAEL BALSAMO, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A brother of Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock was arrested in Los Angeles on suspicion of possessing child pornography, authorities said Wednesday. Bruce Paddock, 59, was arrested on a 20-count felony complaint, a police statement said. His relationship to Stephen Paddock was confirmed by…
By The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Fats Domino, the amiable rock ‘n’ roll pioneer whose steady, pounding piano and easy baritone helped change popular music while honoring the traditions of the Crescent City, died Tuesday. He was 89. Mark Bone, chief investigator with the Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, coroner’s office, said Domino died of…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The remains of a fallen World War II soldier from St. Louis will return home today. Staff Sergeant Michael Aiello went missing in action 73 years ago. Remains disinterred from an American cemetery in Belgium were identified through DNA as Aiello’s. His remains are scheduled to arrive at St. Louis Lambert…
Champaign, IL (AP) Attorneys for a man accused of abducting and killing a University of Illinois scholar from China are asking for more time to prepare his defense. Former graduate student Brendt Christensen is charged in the June kidnapping and death of Yingying Zhang. His trial is scheduled for February Christensen’s public defenders have asked…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A suspect is still being sought in connection with a double murder in south St. Louis. Police say 27-year-old Megan Nieder and 40-year-old Joseph Finger were fatally shot about 1 a.m. Tuesday in the 200 block of Bellerive. An unknown suspect was seen leaving the area on foot. A motorcycle which had been…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Treasurer Tishaura Jones is expressing opposition to a proposed half-cent sales tax increase that would be used to give police officers a raise, calling the proposal “tone-deaf.” The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Jones on Tuesday joined activists and advocacy organization in denouncing Proposition P, which will be decided…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois Capitol has been evacuated following a small furnace fire shortly before lawmakers were expected to gather for a veto session. Springfield Fire Chief Robert “Barry” Helmerichs says the first floor fire was put out Tuesday with an extinguisher and the building was evacuated as a precaution. He says people…
By HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Guillaume, who rose from squalid beginnings in St. Louis slums to become a star in stage musicals and win Emmy Awards for his portrayal of the sharp-tongued butler in the TV sitcoms “Soap” and “Benson,” has died at age 89. Guillaume died at home Tuesday…