(BELLWOOD, Ill., AP) — An Illinois sheriff’s investigator was fatally shot while trying to break up an armed robbery outside a family Christmas party, authorities said Saturday. Cuauhtemoc Estrada, 50,… Read more »
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US holiday travelers brace for foul, wet weather
By TAMMY WEBBER (CHICAGO, AP) — Freezing rain. Snow. Thunderstorms. Even tornadoes. Much of the nation braced for foul weather on one of the busiest travel weekends of the year,… Read more »
Phase I emergency snow ordinance to take effect Saturday
(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) –The city is asking residents to move vehicles from emergency snow routes starting at 5 a.m. Saturday. The National Weather Service in Kansas City/Pleasant Hill issued a Winter… Read more »
Proton radiation now available in St. Louis
(ST. LOUIS, AP) — Proton radiation, designed to get rid of cancerous cells but spare healthy tissue, is now available for the first time in St. Louis. The first use… Read more »
Dog dragged on St. Louis interstate has new home
(ST. LOUIS, AP) — A dog that nearly died after it was dragged behind a truck on an interstate in St. Louis is healthy again and has a new home…. Read more »
NM same-sex marriage ruling comes amid long wait
By RUSSELL CONTRERAS (ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., AP) — Miriam Rand and Ono Porter were having lunch when the couple got a call that they’d been waiting for, for three decades: New… Read more »
Trying to spread cheer, Santa in NH scares instead
(HOLLIS, N.H., AP) — Police in southern New Hampshire say a man dressed as Santa Claus was only trying to spread some cheer but ended up panicking officials when he… Read more »
Woman pleads guilty to stealing from co-workers
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A Kansas woman admits she stole more than $100,000 from three co-workers at a Department of Agriculture office in Kansas City. Forty-nine-year-old Paula Steen, of… Read more »
Missouri woman charged in overdose deaths of 2 men
(ST. MARY, Mo., AP) — A southeast Missouri woman is facing charges for the drug overdose deaths of two men. The Southeast Missourian (http://bit.ly/1doPAPj) reports that 56-year-old Sandra M. Dallas… Read more »
Dad killed, son hurt while taking food to pantry
(DESOTO, Mo., AP) — An eastern Missouri man is dead and his 19-year-old son badly hurt after their truck crashed while they were doing volunteer work for a church food… Read more »