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PONTOON BEACH, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a police officer was shot to death by a man at a gas station in an Illinois suburb of St. Louis. Trooper Jayme Bufford with Illinois State Police says 36-year-old Pontoon Beach Officer Tyler Timmins died after being taken to a hospital. He was shot around 8 a.m.

LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — A former Kearney High School math teacher has pleaded not guilty to sexual misconduct charges. Thirty-year-old Bryant Hummel was in court Monday after being charged last month with exposing himself to two 17-year-old female students he was supposed to be helping with homework assignments after school. According to a probable cause

By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press A suburban St. Louis man alleges in a lawsuit that police officers beat him and illegally searched his apartment after claiming he had committed a minor traffic infraction. The lawsuit was filed Monday in federal court on behalf of 38-year-old Tranell Stewart and his former girlfriend, Lisa Jones. It contends

PONTOON BEACH, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a police officer was shot to death by a man at a gas station in an Illinois suburb of St. Louis. Trooper Jayme Bufford with Illinois State Police said Pontoon Beach Officer Tyler Timmins succumbed to his injuries at a hospital. The officer was shot at around 8

PONTOON BEACH, Ill. (AP) — Police: Officer dies after being shot by man at gas station in Illinois suburb of St. Louis.

PONTOON BEACH, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a man shot and seriously wounded a police officer Tuesday at a gas station in an Illinois suburb of St. Louis. Police say the Pontoon Beach officer was shot at around 8 a.m. at a Speedway gas station along Route 111 near its junction with Interstate 270 and

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The owners of Kansas City’s professional women’s soccer team plan to build a $70 million stadium for the team. Owners of Kansas City NWSL announced Tuesday the 11,000-seat stadium is expected to open in 2024 at a site along the Missouri River near the downtown. The stadium will be the

MAPLEWOOD, Mo. (AP) — A St. Louis County councilwoman says a Lyft driver pulled a gun on her husband when he asked the driver to wear a mask, and police are now investigating. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Councilwoman Lisa Clancy made the allegation in a tweet Monday directed at Lyft saying, “one of

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police are looking for suspects in the shooting death of a man in a Kansas City parking lot near a hotel just south of Interstate 435 in the city’s Brindlespur neighborhood. Officers were called to the lot around 9:30 p.m. Monday and found the man with gunshot wounds. The man

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police say at least three people died in separate shootings around St. Louis on Monday, including an incident in the city’s Benton Park West neighborhood. Police say that shooting happened around 11:30 p.m. Monday. Police did not release any other details of the shooting. Nearly 24 hours earlier, police were called

By WARREN MAYES Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Vladimir Tarasenko scored two goals and Ville Husso recorded his second career shutout as the St. Louis Blues remained undefeated in five games with a 2-0 victory Monday night over the Los Angeles Kings. The Blues are off to a 5-0 start for the first time

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Clay County prosecutors say a 44-year-old Kansas City landlord is charged with second-degree murder after a tenant was stabbed to death, allegedly over an argument about heating at his residence. Gordon McBeth was charged Monday in the death of Darryl Gilland. Officers responding to a call Friday to a home

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s top lawyer has filed suit against the Biden administration seeking to restore a Trump-era ban on abortion referrals by family planning clinics that was reversed earlier this month. The action by Republican Attorney Dave Yost was joined by 11 other states. It says new

RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — A truck driver whose semitrailer crashed into a car along an eastern Indiana highway construction zone last year, killing four young siblings, has filed notice that he intends to plead guilty in the case. Thirty-two-year-old Corey Robert Withrow of Camden, Ohio, was scheduled for trial Nov. 1 in Wayne County, but

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Springfield police are investigating the shooting death of a 43-year-old man. Police say officers responded to a call early Sunday about a person possibly being stabbed at a home in north Springfield. Police found Robert Eagleburger, of Springfield, was instead suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to an area

FREDERICKTOWN, Mo. (AP) — The National Weather Service has confirmed a strong tornado hit the southeastern Missouri city of Fredericktown as strong storms that swept the state and moved into Illinois. No serious injuries were reported. The National Weather Service says an EF-3 tornado hit Fredericktown Sunday night, damaging homes, businesses and the main electrical

By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer Oliver Marmol has been promoted from bench coach to the majors’ youngest manager, taking over the St. Louis Cardinals almost two weeks after Mike Shildt was fired in a surprise move by one of baseball’s most stable franchises. The 35-year-old Marmol is the team’s youngest manager since Marty Marion

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Harris-Stowe University in St. Louis says it is using federal pandemic relief funds to cancel student debts from the previous academic year. Harris-Stowe, one of the two historically Black universities in Missouri, said it erased about $330,000 in debt, averaging about $1,076 per student. LaTonia Collins Smith, Harris-Stowe’s interim president, said

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — A 44-year-old Kansas City woman has pleaded guilty to solicitation of capital murder after she helped set up a plan to kill an inmate at the Lansing Correctional Facility. During a plea hearing Friday, Renee Johnson-Fritz admitted that she sent a message to inmate Andrew Hogue ordering the death of another

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police in Kansas City are investigating the killings of two people in separate shootings. The shootings happened Sunday night starting at around 9:30 p.m., when officers were called to a gas station near the city’s Citadel neighborhood. Witnesses reported the victim walked into the gas station, asked for help and