By MICHAEL BALSAMO and AMANDA LEE MYERS, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence praised the heroic response by police and the resolve of the American people at a prayer service in Las Vegas, while federal agents hauled away belongings left behind by terrified concertgoers trying to escape raining bullets from a gunman…
ST. LOUIS (AP) A 19-year-old Iranian woman banned from competing in the name of her county after attending an international competition without an Islamic headscarf has taken her game to St. Louis University and the St. Louis Chess Club. Dorsa Derakhshani is now at a freshman at SLU, which has a new but highly ranked chess…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) St. Louis County and Northwoods Police are investigating the shooting death of a 54-year-old man inside a residence located in the 6900 block of Forest Hill Drive. The man’s name will be released once next of kin have been notified. Officers from the St. Louis County Police Department Central County Precinct responded to…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) Washington University Chancellor Mark Wrighton has announced his plan to retire as second-longest serving chancellor in campus history in 2019. Wrighton, who has served 22 years as Washington U chancellor, shared the news with the university’s Board of Trustees at its fall meeting Friday. The chair of the Board of Trustees, Craig Schnuck,…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) After having being postponed first in August due to severe weather, and then twice in September due to security concerns amid community unrest, the 54th Annual Moonlight Ramble midnight bike ride has a new date: Saturday, October 21st thru the streets of downtown St. Louis. More information can be found on the group’s…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) Tap water in the St. Louis region is recognized nationwide for its quality and has won awards for its taste. An organization representing local communities, water companies and other utilities has launched a public information campaign to promote water and explain why water bills will rise in coming years as the region’s…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) A new concept from Build-A-Bear Workshops will open next month at West County Center. Build-A-Bear officials say the Build-A-Bear Bakeshop will open as a so-called pop-up shop offering customers baked goods they can decorate … or simply eat … made by Sarah’s Cake Shop in Chesterfield. Spokeswoman Beth Kerley says it will follow…
CHAMPAIGN, ILL (AP) Family members of a missing University of Illinois scholar from China say they’re “sorrowful and grieved” that there’s more evidence to show she has died. The statement released from Yingying Zhang’s family comes after the latest indictment against a man accused in the case. Brendt Christensen previously was charged with the 26-year-old’s abduction.…
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas authorities are calling for blood donations and setting up a hotline to report missing people in the wake of a mass shooting that injured more than 400 people and killed over 50 at a country music concert Sunday night. Las Vegas police said Monday that it will take time…
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada sheriff says the death toll has climbed to 50 in the attack on a Las Vegas concert Sunday, making it the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo says more than 200 people were wounded at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival on the Strip.…