At a news conference Thursday morning, authorities released the names of two suspects, a man and a woman, in the shooting deaths of a man in Brentwood and a woman in University City over the weekend. Investigators say the two are also suspects in a shootout with police in South Carolina this week. The female…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals will return to full capacity at Busch Stadium starting with a June 14 game against Miami. Only Texas among the 30 major league teams began this season at 100% after fans weren’t permitted last year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Atlanta went to full capacity on May…
UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police in suburban St. Louis believe that robbery may be the motive in the deaths of two people who were shot an hour apart, and a $30,000 reward is now being offered in the case. Barbara Goodkin was shot around 11 p.m. Saturday as she and her husband drove down…
Mark McCloskey, a St. Louis personal injury lawyer who gained national attention after he and his wife waved guns at racial injustice protesters who marched near their home last summer, says he will run for the U.S. Senate in 2022. McCloskey made the announcement Tuesday on Tucker Carlson’s show on Fox News. Incumbent Missouri Republican…
MASCOUTAH, Ill. (AP) — Military officials say two pilots ejected safely from an F-15 fighter jet when the aircraft left a runway while landing at a southwestern Illinois airport. The U.S. Air Force said in a statement that the two U.S. active duty pilots suffered minor injuries in the incident Tuesday morning at MidAmerica St.…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a potentially ground-breaking abortion case, probably this fall, and the news is energizing activists on both sides of the contentious issue. They’re already girding to make abortion access a high-profile issue in next year’s midterm elections. The case on hand is a Mississippi law that…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A conservative advocacy group’s Missouri chapter is seeking to put what’s expected to be the state’s first gas tax hike in years to a public vote. The secretary of state said Monday that Americans for Prosperity-Missouri’s director filed the referendum petition. Missouri’s Republican-led Legislature last week approved a gradual increase in…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two St. Louis firefighters were injured Sunday when part of a burning building collapsed while they were battling the blaze. St. Louis Fire Department spokesman Capt. Garon Mosby said one of the injured firefighters was treated at a local hospital and released Sunday morning. The other injured firefighter was treated and…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police say a Ballwin man was killed in a single-vehicle crash. The Jefferson City Police Department said in a news release that its communications center received a call at 3:19 a.m. Saturday of an accident on US 54. Emergency responders found a white Ford F350 on top of the concrete…
At a joint news conference this morning, St. Louis Mayor Tishauara Jones and St. Louis County Executive Sam Page announced that they are following the lead of the CDC and allowing fully vaccinated people to not wear masks in most places if they choose. The change takes effect immediately. Both Jones and Page said the…