Missouri police find New York family’s stolen memorial flag
WILLARD, Mo. (AP) – An upstate New York woman is tearfully rejoicing at the recovery in Missouri of a U.S. flag that had draped the casket of her World War II veteran father in 1969. Cathy Scoppo says the flag was stolen days after Memorial Day while she had it displayed at her family’s campground…
St. Louis County man accused of wounding officer
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – A St. Louis County man is jailed on $250,000 cash bond after being accused of wounding a police officer during a weekend shootout that also left the man injured. Twenty-four-year-old Jared Williams of Velda City was charged Sunday with first-degree assault on a law enforcement officer, armed criminal action, first-degree child…
New policy aims to ensure students who transfer get credit
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Education officials say new statewide requirements for similar basic classes at Missouri public colleges and universities will help ensure transfer students get credit. A law set to take effect Aug. 28 calls for public colleges and universities to adopt 42 hours of general education credits that can be transferred. Leaders at…
Police: Suspect considered armed and dangerous.
( KTRS ) Affton police are asking for the publics help in finding a gas station robber. Monday morning around 3:45 AM, officers responded to a call for a robbery at a Circle K on Tesson Ferry. A man reportedly entered the gas station displayed a firearm and then left with an undisclosed amount of…
Trump Taj Mahal workers: Strike fights owner’s ‘tyranny’
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Striking Atlantic City casino workers are using the Fourth of July holiday to highlight their struggle against billionaire Carl Icahn, who owns the Trump Taj Mahal casino. Customers have been crossing picket lines in large numbers since Local 54 of the Unite-HERE union walked off the job Friday, but the…
Enterprise founder Jack Taylor dies at 94
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jack Taylor, who started a leasing company with seven cars and built it into Enterprise Rent-A-Car, has died. He was 94. Enterprise said in a statement Taylor died Saturday in St. Louis after a brief illness. In 1957, Taylor founded Executive Leasing at a Cadillac dealership in St. Louis where he…
Man shot to death along riverfront trail in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis police are searching for two men in a red Ford Mustang following a fatal shooting along a popular trail for hiking and biking. A man in his 50s died Friday after being shot in the chest. Police say he was sitting in a minivan with three other people along…
New Missouri law shields those who rescue kids from hot cars
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A new Missouri law will give legal protections to those who try to rescue children from hot vehicles. Gov. Jay Nixon on Friday signed the legislation into law. It took effect immediately. People will be required to contact police or other emergency responders before breaking in and then must wait…