CHICAGO (AP) — The 2018 Illinois governor’s race is on pace to be the most expensive in U.S. history, propelled by a wealthy Republican incumbent and a billionaire Democrat who are airing TV ads and hopping private planes to campaign events more than a year before Election Day. J.B. Pritzker, an heir to the Hyatt…
LAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE) — Barrett-Jackson raised a shattering $1 million for Las Vegas first responders during its 10th Annual Las Vegas Auction, held Oct. 19-21, 2017, at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. At the heart of this year’s Auction was the sale of five charity vehicles, including a rare 2007 Ford Shelby GT500 Super…
Funeral held for US soldier at center of Trump fight By TERRY SPENCER, Associated Press COOPER CITY, Fla. (AP) — Mourners remembered not only a U.S. soldier whose combat death in Africa led to a political fight between President Donald Trump and a Florida congresswoman but his three comrades who died with him. Some of the…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Protesters asking a federal judge to regulate St. Louis police conduct have described being beaten and pepper-sprayed during recent demonstrations, but police defended their efforts to disperse sometimes unruly crowds. At issue is a lawsuit that the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri filed over what it calls “unlawful and unconstitutional…
By JONATHAN LEMIRE and JILL COLVIN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is defending chief of staff John Kelly after he mischaracterized the remarks of a Democratic congresswoman and called her an “empty barrel” making noise. A Trump spokeswoman said it was “inappropriate” to question Kelly in light of his stature as a retired…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS)Â A St. Louis man originally from Nigeria is being deported back to Nigeria after being sentenced today for running a tax fraud scheme that cost the IRS almost$900,000. Federal authorities say 56-year-old Kevin Kunlay Williams and others stole public school employees’ IDs from a payroll company and used them to file more than…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS)Â The lone survivor of a quadruple shooting is being honored by the city of St. Louis. The St. Louis Board Of Aldermen approved a resolution on Friday to honor 7-year-old Deniya Irving. She along with her parents, and another adult were gunned down in north St. Louis back in June. Deniya…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A mother is suing a St. Louis police officer who fatally shot her son after he wrecked a stolen sport utility vehicle during a chase. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the suit filed this week in federal court over the Jan. 9 shooting of 21-year-old Davion Henderson also names the…
By KEN RITTER, Associated Press HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — An off-duty police officer who was among 58 people killed in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history was honored with a posthumous promotion to Army first sergeant during an emotional funeral service Friday. Hundreds of police officers in uniform packed the Henderson, Nevada, church as…
St. Louis, MOÂ (KTRS)Â Â The lone survivor of a quadruple shooting in north St. Louis back in June will be honored today by the St. Louis Board of Aldermen. Seven-year-old Deniya Irving was not expected to survive, but now she’s back in school. Aldermanic President Lewis Reed will present Deniya and her family with a resolution…