Weeklong illness leads to $100,000 lottery prize
- 07-Oct-2025
A Missouri Lottery player who was sick at home for a week finally managed to leave the house and scored a $100,000 prize. The Cooper County woman told Missouri Lottery officials she had been stuck at home with an illness for a week when she felt the urge to get out. “I was just like, […]
Severe storms kill at least 21 in Kentucky and Missouri
- 18-May-2025
At least 21 people were killed overnight in Kentucky and Missouri when a volatile weather system spawned tornadoes as it ripped across a large swath of the U.S. Midwest and Great Lakes, officials said on Saturday. In Kentucky, at least 14 people were killed and the death toll was expected to rise, said Governor Andy […]
Starbucks sued by US state of Missouri
- 12-Feb-2025
Starbucks was sued on Tuesday by the US state of Missouri, which accused the coffee chain of using a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion as a pretext to systematically discriminate based on race, gender and other factors. In a complaint filed in St. Louis federal court, Missouri accused Starbucks of tying executive pay to […]
112 pounds! Missouri angler catches invasive black carp
- 13-Mar-2021
We hooked into it and knew it was something big, but I originally thought it was a catfish," Hughes said.
WATCH: Fireball lights up night sky
- 13-Nov-2019
It appeared brighter than the planet Venus in the sky.
Frances McDormand had her Oscar stolen
- 05-Mar-2018
LOS ANGELES: Oscar-winner Frances McDormand had her statuette stolen at a post-show party by a man who allegedly snatched it from her table before he was arrested, witnesses and police said Monday. McDormand, 60, won best actress for her role as a rage-filled mother seeking justice for her murdered daughter in Martin McDonagh’s “Three Billboards […]
US couple married 77 years buried holding hands in single casket
- 15-Aug-2017
MISSOURI, US: An elderly couple married for 77 years carried their love to the grave after they were buried together in a single casket in one of the most unusual interments. According to the Columbia Tribune, Raymond and Velva Breuer died mere hours apart and were buried together in a single casket. Their son told the […]
Police officer killed in Texas; two others wounded in Missouri, Florida
- 21-Nov-2016
SAN ANTONIO: A police officer was killed in Texas and another wounded in Missouri in apparently unrelated ambush-style shootings, while a third officer was shot and wounded in Florida, authorities said on Monday. The latest attacks on US law enforcement revived painful memories of deadly ambushes targeting police in July in Dallas and Baton Rouge. […]
White supremacist group plans to hold pro-Confederate flag rally in US
- 01-Jul-2015
CHARLESTON: The Ku Klux Klan plans to hold a pro-Confederate flag rally at the South Carolina Capitol, where a man was arrested on Monday night in a confrontation with anti-flag protesters over a symbol associated with slavery.