NEW YORK (AP) — New York City fire officials say a fire in Trump Tower’s heating and air conditioning system injured two people and caused smoke to billow from the roof. The Fire Department of New York says the fire started around 7 a.m. Monday at the building that contains President Donald Trump’s home and…
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) St. Louis native Sterling K. Brown is the winner of the best television drama actor Golden Globe Award for his role on “This is Us.” Brown plays a family man recovering from a nervous breakdown and the complicated dynamics of the family that adopted him when he was a baby. Brown…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Although the St. Louis area dodged the bullet with the first winter storm of the season, dozens of schools are closed in the outlying areas. SCHOOL CLOSINGS FOR MONDAY, JANUARY 8TH: ALEX Recovery School Desloge | CLOSED Arcadia Valley R 2 | CLOSED Belleview R 3 | CLOSED Boncl R 10…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The warmer temperatures kept the area roadways mostly ice free. However, MODOT and IDOT reminds motorists to take it easy this morning as roadways are wet and may be slick. Crews have been fully staffed on both sides of the river treating roadways in anticipation of dangerous road conditions. The National Weather…
By STEVE LEBLANC BOSTON (AP) — The blast of arctic air that engulfed portions of the East Coast broke cold temperature records from Maine to West Virginia and stunned sea turtles in Florida — although a warm-up is coming Monday. Burlington, Vermont, and Portland, Maine set records, with Burlington falling to minus 20, beating a…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The St. Louis area is bracing for a possible winter story. A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect from 12 p.m.Sunday until 3 a.m. Monday. The National Weather Service is calling for a wintry mix of freezing rain and sleet. This could create hazardous driving conditions. MODOT is asking for motorists to…
HELSINKI (AP) — Swedish national broadcaster SVT says a man has died after he picked up an unidentified object from the ground near a subway station in Stockholm that detonated in his hand. Swedish police could not immediately confirm the death. Stockholm region police spokesman Sven-Erik Olsson says the explosion took place Sunday morning just…
By MARK KENNEDY, AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jerry Van Dyke, the younger brother of Dick Van Dyke who struggled for decades to achieve his own stardom before clicking as the dim-witted sidekick in television’s “Coach,” died Friday in Arkansas, according to his manager. He was 86. John Castonia said Van Dyke died at…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The St. Louis area is bracing for possible first winter storm of the season. The National Weather Service is calling for rain, freezing rain,possibly mixed with sleet on Sunday. The NWS said this could result in icy conditions on roadways with possibly up to a 1/10 of ice accumulation. “This precipitation…
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Illinois American Water has lifted a boil water order for customers in the Metro-East area near St. Louis that’s been in effect since Wednesday. Illinois American issued the order after there were water main breaks in the area, which includes Belleville and East St. Louis among other towns. The order was…