SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Additional voting sites are opening across Illinois for people who want to cast an early ballot for the March 20 primary. Some early voting locations opened last month. Many more are set to open Monday, offering voting during mornings, evenings and weekends in addition to regular business hours. Voters will choose…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — David Ogden Stiers, a prolific actor best known for playing a surgeon on the “M.A.S.H.” television series, has died. He was 75. The actor’s agent Mitchell Stubbs confirmed Saturday night in an email that Stiers died after battling bladder cancer. No additional details were provided, but Stubbs’ agency tweeted that Stiers…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Secret Service says a man shot himself to death Saturday as he stood near the fence along the north side of the White House. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were in Florida at the time. The White House says Trump has been briefed on the shooting. Authorities are…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A two-year-old girl is recovering after being shot while traveling in a vehicle on I-70 in St. Louis. Police say the child was shot in the leg on Saturday afternoon on westbound I-70 near Union Boulevard. Police were called to a gas station on Union Boulevard near I-70. The child was…
FARMINGTON, Mo. (AP) — An eastern Missouri man is charged with second-degree animal abuse for allegedly shooting a dog and hitting the animal in the head with a hammer. Charges were filed Thursday against 56-year-old Jason Edward Hampton of Farmington. He is jailed on $10,000 bond and does not have a listed attorney. A probable…
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON, Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Senate spent hours debating a bill to increase school safety and restrict gun purchases in a rare Saturday session that often turned into a debate on gun control and arming teachers in the aftermath of last month’s Parkland school shootings. Seven hours into the session,…
HARRISONVILLE, Mo. (AP) — The family of a teenager who died by suicide in 2016 says her northwest Missouri school district is refusing their requests to read her name at this spring’s graduation ceremony, even though more than 20,000 people have signed a petition supporting the effort. Relatives of Gabi Keil, who died when she…
BOSTON (AP) — People along the Northeast coast braced for more flooding during high tides Saturday even as the powerful storm that inundated roads, snapped trees and knocked out power to more than 2 million homes and businesses moved hundreds of miles out to sea. Areas from Maryland to Maine remained under flood warnings. Officials…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Following a funeral service before 2,000 people, the Rev. Billy Graham’s family has placed flowers on his casket at a private interment ceremony. The private ceremony on Friday afternoon took place at his gravesite in a prayer garden at the Billy Graham Library. Family members placed white roses on the casket…
By SUMMER BALLENTINE, Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Since he was indicted on allegations related to an extramarital affair, Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens has shifted into attack mode, zeroing in on the St. Louis prosecutor who launched the investigation with comments decried by some critics as politically or racially charged. Grietens, a Republican accused…