Ballwin, MO (KTRS) It’s a new chapter for former Ballwin Police Officer Mike Flamion and his wife Sarah. On Tuesday, the couple moved into their new specially adapted smart home in Ballwin, courtesy of the Gary Sinise Foundation. The home is designed to offer more independence to Mike Flamion, who was left paralyzed after being…
COLUMBIA, MO (AP) University of Missouri star freshman Michael Porter Jr. will miss the remainder of the season after undergoing lower back surgery today. The school says he’s undergoing surgery in Dallas Tuesday, and his expected recovery time is three to four months.The 6-foot-10 Porter, the top prep prospect in the country last season, played in…
By LYNN ELBER, AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Della Reese, the actress and gospel-influenced singer who in middle age found her greatest fame as Tess, the wise angel in the long-running television drama “Touched by an Angel,” has died at age 86. Reese’s co-star on the series, Roma Downey, said in a statement that…
Jennings, MO (KTRS) A man is dead following an overnight fire in Jennings. Firefighters were called to a burning home on Murvale Drive around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday. The 47-year-old victim was the roommate of the homeowner, who was not there at the time when the fire broke out. Fire officials say it’s believed that the fire…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A federal investigation will look into possible civil rights violations by police in the St. Louis area in the two months since protests broke out after a white former police officer was acquitted in the shooting death of a black suspect. The U.S. Department of Justice announced the investigation in a…
St. Charles, MO (KTRS) Senator Roy Blunt visited the St. Louis area on Monday to promote the Senate version of the tax reform bill. The G-O-P lawmaker spoke to employees at Patriot Machine in St. Charles, where he detailed selling points of the tax plan. One of Blunt’s key selling points was more take home…
Florissant, MO (KTRS) An Endangered Person Advisory is in effect for a missing Florissant man. Thirty-two-year-old Cody Britton hasn’t been seen since just before 9 p.m. Sunday. Police say Britton is under the influence of methamphetamines and made suicidal statements to family members. Britton is a white male, 5 feet 6 inches in heights, 170 pounds,…
By JOHN ROGERS, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Charles Manson, the hippie cult leader who became the hypnotic-eyed face of evil across America after orchestrating the gruesome murders of pregnant actress Sharon Tate and six others in Los Angeles during the summer of 1969, died Sunday after nearly a half-century in prison. He was 83.…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Deaths from opioid overdose could exceed traffic fatalities in Missouri this year, for the first time ever. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has recorded 733 opioid overdose deaths through Aug. 31, compared to 591 traffic deaths recorded by the Missouri State Highway…
By HOPE YEN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump doesn’t know who to believe about sexual misconduct allegations involving Roy Moore, but isn’t campaigning for his party’s Senate candidate in Alabama because of “discomfort” with the claims made by a number of women, aides said Sunday. One Republican senator urged Alabama voters to reject…