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Former CNN anchor Aaron Brown, who helped viewers through the Sept. 11 attacks, has died

Aaron Brown, a veteran television news anchor whose steady hand helped guide CNN viewers through the unfolding tragedy of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, has died.

 

Nebraska man who lost his home over $588 debt is getting it back

A Nebraska man is getting title to his home back, years after losing it over a $588 tax debt. Kevin Fair of Scottsbluff has been involved in a legal dispute since 2018, when he lost title to his home after failing to pay $588 in overdue property taxes.

 

A judge says Missouri’s GOP governor has the power to replace a Democratic county’s prosecutor

A Missouri judge has ruled that the state’s Republican governor and not a local Democratic official has the power to fill a vacancy in the prosecutor’s office for the state’s most populous county.

 

Snow, ice and strong winds make for dangerous conditions in upper Midwest

A fast-moving winter storm brought snow, ice, strong winds and bitter cold to much of the upper Midwest, snarling traffic in the Twin Cities and forcing the North Dakota officials to shut down an interstate highway.

 

Missouri’s death row had nearly 100 inmates in the 1990s. Now, it has 8

Missouri’s status as one of the most active death penalty states is about to change for one simple reason: The state is running out of inmates to execute.

 

Missouri governor and St. Louis County executive name appointees for same prosecutor job

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — When the elected prosecutor in Missouri’s largest county leaves his job for a seat in Congress next month, an appointed replacement will take his spot.

 

North Korean nationals indicted in scheme using IT workers to funnel money for weapons programs

Fourteen North Korean nationals have been indicted in a scheme using information technology workers with false identities to contract with U.S. companies, workers who then allegedly funneled their wages to North Korea for development of ballistic missiles and other weapons.

 

Missouri executes a man for sexually assaulting and strangling a 9-year-old girl in 2007

A Missouri man has been executed for sexually assaulting and killing a 9-year-old girl, then dumping her body in a sinkhole outside of town.

 

Missouri governor denies clemency, clears way for execution of man convicted of killing girl

Missouri’s governor has denied clemency for Christopher Collings, an inmate who is scheduled to be executed Tuesday for sexually assaulting and killing a 9-year-old girl.

 

St. Louis was once known as Mound City for its many Native American mounds. Just one remains

What is now St. Louis was once home to over 100 human-made mounds constructed by Native Americans — so many that St. Louis became known as “Mound City.”

 

Officers accused of pulling over women, searching phones for nude pictures

Two Missouri police officers were indicted separately this week and accused of similar crimes — pulling over women and searching their phones to find nude photos.

 

Missouri prosecutor says he won’t charge Nelly after an August drug arrest

Rapper Nelly won’t face drug charges following his arrest this summer at a St. Louis-area casino. St.

 

‘I got my life back.’ Veterans with PTSD making progress thanks to service dog program

After working at a crowded and dangerous internment camp in Iraq, Air Force Staff Sgt. Heather O’Brien brought home with her anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder.

 

Volunteer poll workers drown on a flood-washed highway in rural Missouri on Election Day

Authorities say a husband and wife died in each other’s arms after they were swept away by floodwaters as they drove to a polling station in rural Missouri early on Election Day.

 

Flash flooding blamed for 5 deaths in Missouri, including 2 poll workers

Flash flooding in Missouri has claimed five lives, including a couple who served as poll workers. Heavy rain fell over two days in parts of Missouri.

 

Some Republican-led states refuse to let Justice Department monitors into polling places

Some Republican-led states say they they will block Justice Department’s election monitors from going inside polling places on Election Day, pushing back on federal authorities’ decades-long practice of watching for violations of federal voting laws.

 

Judge dismisses Missouri lawsuit that sought watchers at early voting

A Missouri judge on Friday denied a Republican committeeman’s effort to force the state’s third-largest county to allow watchers or challengers to observe early voting.

 

Missouri Republican election challenger says he should be allowed to watch early voting

A Republican committeeman has asked a judge to stop early voting in Missouri’s third-largest county until it allows “watchers” or challengers” to observe the polls.

 

A former principal at a Missouri Christian boarding school is accused of abusing a student

A former principal at a Christian boarding school in Missouri that closed in March amid abuse allegations has been charged with sex crimes involving a former student.

 

In Missouri, Halloween night signs were required at the homes of sex offenders. Until now

Many states have laws designed to keep children away from convicted sexual offenders on Halloween night, such as curfews for those on offender registries and requirements to keep their porch lights off.

 

St. Louis schools, struggling to get kids to classes, suspend bus vendor

A statement from St. Louis Public Schools says the district has suspended routes operated by one vendor after determining the buses violated safety standards.

 

A crash saved a teenager whose car suddenly sped up to 120 mph in the rural Midwest

Sam Dutcher says he had finished running errands when his Honda Pilot suddenly accelerated over 100 mph, eventually forcing authorities to coordinate a controlled crash in the western Minnesota countryside to save the 18-year-old.

 

Missouri executes a man for the 1998 killing of a woman despite her family’s calls to spare his life

A Missouri man has been executed for the 1998 fatal stabbing of a woman despite calls by her family and the prosecutor’s office that put him on death row to let him serve out the rest of his life in prison.

 

Missouri Supreme Court and governor refuse to halt the execution of man convicted of 1998 killing

Missouri’s top court and governor have each rejected requests to cancel a Missouri man’s scheduled lethal injection. Marcellus Williams is set to be executed at 6 p.m.

 

NAACP president urges Missouri governor to halt execution planned for next week

The president of the NAACP is urging Missouri’s governor to halt the execution of Marcellus Williams scheduled for Tuesday, writing that executing a Black man who says he was wrongfully convicted would amount to a “horrible miscarriage of justice.”

 

A vandal badly damaged a statue outside a St. Louis cathedral, police say

Authorities say a man used construction equipment to drop a heavy boom lift onto a sculpture that has stood for 25 years outside St. Louis’ Cathedral Basilica.

 

Court appeals, clemency petition seek to halt execution of Missouri man who claims innocence

The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office will appeal to the Missouri Supreme Court a judge’s ruling upholding the conviction and death sentence for Marcellus Williams, whose execution is one week away.

 

Suspicious packages sent to election officials in at least 6 states

Suspicious packages were sent to election officials in at least five states, but there were no reports that any of the packages contained hazardous material.

 

Man accused in assault that critically wounded Ferguson officer now faces more charges

The man accused in an assault that left a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer fighting for his life is facing several additional charges after a grand jury indictment.

 

Missouri judge rejects innocence claim of Marcellus Williams who faces execution

A judge has declined to vacate the conviction and death sentence of Missouri inmate Marcellus Williams, who is facing execution for killing of a woman in her home in 1998.

 

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