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Ready, set, travel: The holiday rush to the airports and highways is underway
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer It's beginning to look a lot like a hectic holiday travel season, but it might go relatively smoothly if the weather cooperates. Travel over Christmas and New...
China’s earthquake survivors endure frigid temperatures and mourn the dead
By NG HAN GUAN and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press YANGWA, China (AP) — Surrounded by destruction, survivors of an earthquake mourned the dead and endured a frigid cold in temporary shelters...
No. 19 Louisville women hand No. 23 Washington its first loss of the season 59-51
LOUISVILLE Ky. (AP) — Olivia Cochran scored 14 points, Nyla Harris added 11 and No. 19 Louisville beat No. 23 Washington 59-51 on Wednesday night. Louisville closed the first half on a 6-0 run, with...
Beau’s Seven Day Outlook. Missouri.
Beau’s Seven Day Forecast
Ash leak at Kentucky power plant sends 3 workers to hospital
CENTERTOWN, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky power plant silo leaked coal ash and trapped one worker under a pile of the dusty material on Wednesday, sending him and two others who tried to help him to a...
Jefferson County, Illinois Sheriff’s Office Finds Inmate Unresponsive
JEFFERSON COUNTY, ILLINOIS (NewsFirst) --- Earlier this morning at 3:14am, a member of the jail staff found detainee, 27-year-old Jacob A. Hunsell of Waltonville, IL, unconscious and unresponsive...
International astronaut will be invited on future NASA moon landing
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An international astronaut will join U.S. astronauts on the moon by decade's end under an agreement announced Wednesday by NASA and the...
Maine governor tells residents to stay off the roads as some rivers continue rising after storm
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A river that runs through Maine's capital city has risen to levels not seen in decades in the aftermath of a heavy pre-Christmas storm and...
Potosi R-3 School Mourns the Loss of Beloved Educator After Battle with Cancer
POTOSI, Mo. (News First) - The Potosi R-3 School District community is grieving the loss of one of its cherished educators, Mrs. Vickie Gross, who passed away early this morning following a two-year...
A 7th person in Tennessee has died due to tornado-producing storms
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A seventh person in Tennessee has died from injuries she suffered during a string of powerful storms earlier this month that whipped up...
Bollinger County Man Arrested in Fatal Shooting Incident
Photo Courtesy Bollinger County Sheriff's Office GLEN ALLEN, Mo. (News First) - A 79-year-old Glen Allen man, Terry Allen, is facing charges of first-degree murder and armed criminal action in...
USSM secures $500 million to boost Fredericktown battery metals production at Cobalt Mine
FREDERICKTOWN, Mo. (News First) — By this time next year, hundreds of people are expected to be employed at the cobalt mine in Fredericktown, and helping North American become independent from...
Williamson County, Illinois. Three in Custody – Fentanyl & Methamphetamine
WILLIAMSON COUNTY, ILLINOIS (NewsFirst) --- Three in Custody - Fentanyl & Methamphetamine Williamson County, Illinois - On December 11, 2023, at 0924 hours, Williamson County Sheriff’s Office...
Carbondale Police Press Release – Missing Person
NEWS RELEASECity of Carbondale, Illinois12-19-23CARBONDALE – CARBONDALE – The Carbondale Police Department is requesting assistance from the public in locating Mandy E. Pope, age 19, last seen on...
Warming trend into Christmas.
Posted by Meteorologist Beau Dodson I will be on WMOK this Friday morning. Be sure and listen in as we will be talking about the rest of winter into spring. A warming trend will begin today and take...
WHO declares new JN.1 COVID strain a “variant of interest.” Here’s what that means.
UNITED STATES (NewsFirst) --- The World Health Organization announced Tuesday it would step up its classification of the new COVID-19 variant JN.1 to a standalone "variant of interest," after...
Law Enforcement Sting Leads To Child Predators
CLINTON, KENTUCKY (NewsFirst) --- Timmy Wayne Scott, 59-years-old of McLeansboro, IL, and Joseph Randall Edmaiston, 37-years-old of Clinton, KY, were both sentenced to ten years in federal prison...
Apple to halt sales of its newest watches in US over patent dispute
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer If two of the latest Apple Watches are on your holiday shopping list, don't dawdle for much longer because the devices won't be available to buy in the U.S....
America’s animal shelters are overcrowded with pets from families facing economic and housing woes
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press MENANDS, N.Y. (AP) — Kaine is a big, buoyant dog looking for a home. But lately, he's spending a lot of time at the office. Animal shelters around the U.S. are...
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