ST. LOUIS (AP) — Officials are testing for asbestos among the debris left from a massive St. Louis warehouse fire. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that federal Environmental Protection Agency personnel and contractors gathered samples Friday in areas around the collapsed remains of Park Warehouse Service. EPA on-scene coordinator Heath Smith says test results would…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The nonprofit group behind the long-delayed streetcar set to operate in St. Louis’ Loop area and University City says operation won’t begin unless it gets $500,000. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Loop Trolley Co. recently notified local officials that it must have the money to cover startup costs and operating…
By KAREN MATTHEWS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Actress Ann Wedgeworth, who gained fame on film and Broadway before taking on the role of a flirty divorcee on “Three’s Company,” has died at age 83. Wedgeworth died Thursday in the New York area after a long illness, her daughter Dianna Martin said. Wedgeworth landed her…
By JIM SALTER, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Southwest Airlines pilot arrested after Transportation Security Administration agents found a loaded handgun in his carry-on luggage before his flight left St. Louis Lambert Airport will not face criminal charges, a Missouri prosecutor’s office said Friday. “The warrant was refused today on Unlawful use of a…
By ANDREW DALTON, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury has found that a businesswoman must pay $5 million to singer Katy Perry and the archdiocese of Los Angeles, finding that the woman intentionally interfered with the sale to Perry of a hilltop property that was once a convent. The jury found Friday that entrepreneur…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis police officers will be required each month to read and acknowledge an order reiterating the rights of journalists. The move comes after editors from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch met last month with Mayor Lyda Krewson and interim police Chief Lawrence O’Toole to discuss officer-journalist relationships. One of the newspaper’s…
ST. CHARLES (KTRS) A St. Charles County judge has agreed to once again push back the trial date for Pamela Hupp, who’s accused of fatally shooting a man to shift attention away from herself in another killing. A new trial date for Pamela Hupp will be set within 10 days. Hupp is accused of killing 33-year-old…
By SOPHIA TAREEN, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson disclosed publicly Friday that he has been seeking outpatient care for two years for Parkinson’s disease and plans to “dedicate” himself to physical therapy to slow the progress of the disease. In a letter to supporters, the 76-year-old civil rights icon said family and…
By KIM CHANDLER, Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Standing on the white marble steps of Alabama’s Capitol, Kayla Moore surrounded herself with two dozen other women Friday to defend husband Roy Moore against accusations of sexual misconduct that are dividing Republicans, and women in particular. “He will not step down. He will not stop fighting…
Bridgeton, MO (KTRS) An Endangered Silver Advisory is in effect for a missing elderly man. Police say 86-year-old Esteban Sanchez Charro was in a car outside of Walmart on St. Charles Rock Road waiting for his son, who was inside shopping Thursday morning. When the son returned, his father was gone. Charro is described as a…