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(KTRS) – The Missouri Restaurant Association is joining several locally-owned restaurants in challenging Doctor Sam Page’s order that halted indoor dine-in service at restaurants and bars at midnight Tuesday. The MRA argues that the directive was issued without due process or an opportunity for public comment as would have been the case if the matter…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX’s newly launched capsule with four astronauts has arrived at the International Space Station. The Dragon capsule pulled up and docked late Monday night, following a 27-hour, completely automated flight from Florida. This is the second astronaut mission for SpaceX. But it’s the first time Elon Musk’s company delivered a…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police arrested an 11-year-old boy after he shot and wounded a 16-year-old boy on Saturday in St. Louis. Police said the 16-year-old was shot in the leg and the arm during an argument shortly before noon Saturday in the city’s Penrose neighborhood. Afterward, the 11-year-old was taken to juvenile detention. The…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four astronauts are in orbit and on their way to the International Space Station. Their launch Sunday night by SpaceX kicks off regular crew flights from the U.S. The Falcon rocket thundered into the night from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Dragon capsule carrying three Americans and one…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A coalition of federal and state officials say they have no evidence that votes were compromised or altered in last week’s presidential election, rejecting unsubstantiated claims of widespread fraud advanced by President Donald Trump and many of his supporters. The statement from cybersecurity experts, which trumpets the Nov. 3 election as the…
(KTRS) – The University City Police Department has issued an endangered silver advisory for a missing adult. Police say Henry Powell, 74, was reported missing from his residence in the 11-hundred block of Belrue Avenue around 9 p.m. Thursday. Powell is a 5’7″, 174 pound black male with gray hair and brown eyes who was…
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Tropical Storm Eta is dumping torrents of blustery rain on Florida’s west coast as it slogs over the state after making landfall north of the heavily populated Tampa Bay area. The National Hurricane Center in Miami predicts that after coming ashore Thursday morning, Eta will move northeast across Florida. Eta…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Wednesday was the sixth deadliest day since the coronavirus pandemic hit Illinois, and there were more people in the hospital than at any time since May, officials reported.The numbers prompted the Illinois Department of Public Health to strongly urge residents for the next three weeks to stay home whenever possible and…
(KTRS) – A suspected truck thief is recovering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after leading Franklin County Sheriff’s deputies and Missouri Highway Patrol troopers on a pursuit in Franklin County Tuesday. Around 8:35 a.m., the Franklin County Sheriff’s office received word via OnStar that a vehicle stolen from a Jefferson County business was in Villa…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri appeals court ordered a new trial for a St. Louis man serving a 25-year sentence in a 2016 shooting death. The court reversed the second-degree murder conviction of Christopher Endicott, ruling a judge in his trial should have instructed jurors that they could consider whether Endicott acted in self-defense.…