By ALAN FRAM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate begins a rare, open-ended debate on immigration and the fate of the “Dreamer” immigrants on Monday, and Republican senators say they’ll introduce President Donald Trump’s plan. Though his proposal has no chance of passage, Trump may be the most influential voice in the conversation. If the…
UPDATE: Fox 2 reports the child died Monday morning. Barnhart, MO (KTRS) Investigators are searching for answers into why a Jefferson County mother killed herself after shooting her son. Police say 49-year-old Tara Kelleher shot her 11-year-old son at the family’s Barnhart home in the 7200 block of Valley Drive early Saturday morning before turning the…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow universities designate full-time faculty as “campus protection officers” who can carry concealed weapons. Republican Rep. Dean Dohrman introduced the bill to the House Higher Education Committee Wednesday with hopes of college campus safety in an age of increasingly frequent mass shootings,…
By WALTER BERRY, Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Four survivors of a deadly tour helicopter crash onto the jagged rocks of the Grand Canyon were being treated at a Nevada hospital Sunday while crews tackled difficult terrain in a remote area to try to recover the bodies of three other people. Six passengers and a pilot…
Sullivan, MO (KTRS) Slick roads are to blame for a multi-vehicle accident in Franklin County that resulted in Interstate 44 to be shut down for several hours. The Missouri Highway Patrol reports the accident involved four tractor trailers along eastbound 44 near the 224 mile marker. It happened at just after 9 p.m. Saturday. One…
By ALINA HARTOUNIAN, Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A tour helicopter carrying seven people on board crashed in the Grand Canyon, killing three people and injuring four others. Six passengers and a pilot were on board the Papillion Grand Canyon Helicopters chopper when it crashed around 5:20 p.m. Saturday on the Hualapai Nation near Quartermaster Canyon,…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis bar owner faces second-degree murder and assault charges in a shooting that killed a teenager and injured the teen’s mother. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 37-year-old Larry Jackson is jailed on $250,000 bond. Jackson is accused of killing 18-year-old Antavion Wilson during a shootout on Feb. 2…
By MARK GILLISPIE and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, Associated Press WESTERVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Two Ohio police officers responding to a 911 hang-up call were fatally shot on Saturday after entering an apartment in a Columbus suburb and a suspect was taken into custody, authorities said. Westerville Police Chief Joe Morbitzer said officer Eric Joering, 39, died at…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The St. Louis area is bracing for more winter weather. The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory from Saturday at 6 p.m. until Sunday at 6 a.m. The forecast calls for mixed precipitation of snow, sleet, and freezing rain. Total snow accumulations of up to one inch is expeted,…
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — Joplin police say they identified seven adult women as human-trafficking victims during raids on three Joplin massage businesses. The three businesses were searched Thursday as part of a human-trafficking investigation. The Joplin Globe reports that the women were taken to service organizations. No arrests were made Thursday. Including the businesses searched…