Jerseyville, IL (KTRS) A southern Illinois couple is accused of starving their child to death. Forty-two-year-old Michael Robert and the six-year-old child’s step-mother Georgena Roberts, 42 of Jerseyville are charged with first-degree murder and child endangerment. Investigators say police were called to the Jersey Community Hospital on Friday, November 3, 2017 in response to the…
By JIM VERTUNO, Associated Press SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — The gunman who killed 26 people at a small-town Texas church sent threatening text messages to his mother-in-law before the attack, which appeared to have been driven by domestic tensions, authorities said Monday. A day after the deadliest mass shooting in state history, investigators also revealed…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) One person is dead following a shooting in north county. Police say a 35-year-old man was shot inside a residence along the 9700 block of Vickie Place at around 8:30 p.m. Sunday. He was taken to an area hospital, where he was pronounced deceased. There’s no word of any arrests or…
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is suggesting there may have been a connection between the gunman who shot and killed 26 people in a South Texas community and the Baptist church where the slayings happened. Abbott tells ABC’s “Good Morning America” he expects people will learn about any such link “in…
WENTZVILLE, Mo. (AP) — A book by a St. Louis woman whose son miraculously survived after falling through ice is now being made into a feature film. Joyce Smith’s book, “The Impossible,” talks about John Smith who was 14 when he lied on the bottom of Lake Saint Louise for almost 20 minutes and was…
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — Two sheriff’s vans were parked outside and police officers stood at the gate of a cattle fence surrounding the address listed for the Texas church shooting suspect, preventing a group of waiting journalists from entering. Two officials who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity have identified…
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — A sheriff says a man walked into a Baptist church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, and started shooting, leaving multiple people dead. The Wilson County News reports that Wilson County Sheriff Joe Tackitt said the shooter has been taken down. It wasn’t immediately known how many people were killed and wounded…
By JONATHAN LEMIRE and JILL COLVIN, Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — With a round of golf, a custom cap and a hamburger of American beef, President Donald Trump’s first trip to Asia began with a taste of home. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe welcomed Trump to Japan Sunday with an effusive display of friendship that, in the…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Violence continues in the city of St. Louis. Police say a man in his forties was stabbed multiple times in the 3500 block of North Newstead late Saturday morning. The victim was taken to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The victim’s name hasn’t been released. A 28-year-old man…
By JIM SALTER, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — From stricter laws to public service campaigns and pleading electronic road signs, states have a message for the drivers clogging the inside lanes of the nation’s highways: Get the heck out of the way! Few things infuriate drivers more than a car or truck in a highway’s…