By The Associated Press FORT MEADE, Maryland (AP) — Police responded to a shooting Wednesday outside the National Security Agency campus at Fort Meade, where authorities surrounded a handcuffed man after a black SUV ran into a barrier. Fort Meade garrison spokeswoman Cheryl Phillips confirmed by phone that one person was injured in the shooting…
Webster Groves, MO (KTRS) An Endangered Person Advisory is in effect for a missing child. Police say 11-year-old Terrauna Childs ran away from the Great Circle Children’s Home in Webster Groves around 5:20 p.m. Tuesday. Terrauna is described as a black, female, 5-feet tall, weighing 90 pounds, with black hair worn in an afro style, and…
MACOUPIN COUNTY, ILL (KTRS) Investigators with the Major Case Squad now say they believe foul play is involved in the disappearance of a Macoupin County woman. The Major Case Squad reports it has spent 12 days investigating the disappearance of 37-year-old Denita Hedden, who was last seen January 25th, her birthday. That night, Hedden is believed…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court is siding with the state Ethics Commission after it charged a former state lawmaker nearly $230,000 in fees for campaign finance violations. Judges on Tuesday unanimously ruled that fees against former St. Louis Democratic Sen. Robin Wright-Jones were constitutional and within legal limits. Wright-Jones had argued…
By ANDREW TAYLOR and MARTIN CRUTSINGER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House budget director came to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to sell President Donald Trump’s budget, but the administration’s allies in the Senate preferred to talk about last year’s tax cut rather than the trillion-dollar deficits contained in the new spending plan. The president’s…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) The Guns ‘N Hoses Boxing Association announced a record donation of $700,000 to The BackStoppers, a nonprofit organization that assists families of first responders who die or suffer a catastrophic injury in the line of duty. The donation was made possible thanks to proceeds generated from the 31st annual Budweiser Guns ‘N Hoses…
St. Clair County, IL (KTRS) The Major Case Squad is investigating a murder in St. Clair County. Police say 19-year-old Cole Weirciszewski was shot late Monday afternoon at a home on Paulette Drive, just outside of Belleville. He died shortly after being taken to the hospital. If you have any information, you are asked to call…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) An Endangered Person Advisory is in effect for a missing Spanish Lake man. Police say 59-year-old Edward Kinder went missing at just before 7 p.m. Monday. Kinder made suicidal comments before he left, according to investigators. Kinder, is described as a a white male, 5’9″ in height, weighing 200 lbs, with…
By SARA GILLESBY and PHUONG LE, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Olympic swimmer Ariana Kukors said in an emotional interview Monday that her former coach “stole so much” from her in the decade she alleges he sexually abused her starting when she was a minor. Kukors, 28, told The Associated Press that she can’t get…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Three people are injured, one critically, after a police pursuit ended in a crash involving six vehicles in St. Louis. The chase began when officers from the North County Police Cooperative spotted a carjacking suspect around 1:45 p.m. Monday in Wellston. The pursuit went into St. Louis’ Central West End, ending…