A Pennsylvania town has nixed a local GOP group’s plan for a rally this week with Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the St. Louis couple who made headlines when they waved guns at protesters in June, citing cornavirus restrictions.The Northampton County Republican Committee sought to hold the rally featuring the McCloskeys on Thursday in Palmer Township's Fairview Park.But Palmer Township rejected the request…
A series of protests outside of the home of St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson has forced her and her husband to temporarily relocate to a nearby apartment, which they are paying for out of their own pockets, a report says.The St. Louis Post-Dispatch says Krewson, in a text message Wednesday, wrote “we have not lived at home for 2 months” following demonstrations that took place there in June, July and early…
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — A St. Louis police officer who was shot in the head while responding to a shooting on the city’s south side died Sunday, authorities said.Officer Tamarris L. Bohannon, 29, had been with the department for 3 1/2 years.Woodling said the second officer is 30 and has been on the force about six…
Two St. Louis police officers were shot Saturday night by a suspect who then barricaded himself inside a residence.The standoff remained underway late Saturday, with a negotiating team on the scene.One officer was shot in the head and was "very critically" wounded, St. Louis Police Department Chief John Hayden Jr. told reporters. The other officer was shot…
The Slatest Armed homeowners Mark and Patricia McCloskey stand in front their house along Portland Place as they confront protesters on June 28, 2020, in the Central West End of St. Louis. Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM The white St. Louis couple that aimed weapons at Black Lives Matter protesters in front of their home last month was charged with felony…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…