CHRISTOPHER WEBER , Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — After announcing that he’ll take the first-ever commercial rocket trip around the moon, Yusaku Maezawa said he wants company for the week-long journey. The Japanese billionaire said he plans to invite six to eight artists, architects, designers and other creative people to join him on board the…
An auto-accident kills a Warrenton County, Missouri, teenager while heading to school Monday. The Missouri Highway Patrols says 17-year-old Megan N. Gross, of Wright city, lost her life after a car she was riding in, attempted to pass a Semi on Veterans Memorial Parkway near Highway 47. The two vehicles collided, sending the kids car…
(KTRS) A Jefferson County Missouri man is killed after he runs his Honda three wheeler off the road and into a tree. The Missouri Highway Patrol says 44 year-old Jason T. Thorne, of Imperial, was in the 39 hundred block of West Waller Wednesday morning when he left the roadway and crashed. Thorne was pronounced…
A man is murdered during a home invasion overnight. Northwoods Interim Police Chief John Buchannan says a 69-year-old man was fatally shot after his front door was kicked in. This happened at 4312 Edgewood around 1 a.m.. There was also a woman and child inside the home but they were unharmed. Buchannan says they are…
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — A gunman killed five people, including his wife, before turning the gun on himself as a Kern County sheriff’s deputy closed in Wednesday, authorities said. There was no immediate word on what sparked the shootings that took place at a home and a business in Bakersfield, which is some 90 miles…
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) The death toll in a suicide bombing among a group of people protesting a local police commander in eastern Afghanistan has risen to 68, up from 32, provincial officials Wednesday. Attahullah Khogyani, spokesman for the provincial governor, said 165 others were wounded in the attack a day earlier.The bombing happened when a…
Belleville IL (KTRS) Police are investigating after a badly decomposed body was found behind a metro-east gas station. Investigators say a passerby discovered the male victim Tuesday night in the 1400 block of Centreville in Belleville. According to the investigation, its believed the body had been there for 7 or 8 days. An autopsy is…
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Two countries. One significant medal. A combined Koreas crew earned a historic bronze medal at the Asian Games on Saturday by finishing third in the women’s 200-meter dragon boat final behind China and games host Indonesia. It was the first time a combined team from North Korea and South Korea has…
MO (KTRS) Missouri drought has Governor Mike Parson working with other government agencies to strategize plans to help farmers water their fields and acquire hay for livestock. A reported 98 percent of Missourians are affected by this year’s drought despite recent rain. Parson said he is proud of all the departments involved and the work…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) A manslaughter charge has been filed in a street racing crash in March in which a St. Louis man was killed. The incident occurred March 4 in the 4000 block of Reavis Barracks Road in South St. Louis County when four cars were street racing and one of the cars collided with another…