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Quick trip to buy lottery tickets before work ends in huge win in Missouri

ST. LOUIS — A Missouri woman was shocked when she saw she won a huge lottery prize on a scratch-off ticket. The woman bought the $5 Merry Money ticket at…

John McCarthy October 26, 2025

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Woman played Russian roulette with teen roommate, killing her, Missouri cops say

ST. LOUIS — A woman will serve time in prison after she was accused of playing a gun game with a teen roommate and the girl was killed , Missouri…

John McCarthy October 18, 2025

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Former piano teacher charged with more child sex crimes

ST. LOUIS — A former piano teacher has been charged with more child sex crimes, authorities said. Daniel Yavitz, 39, was charged with three counts of statutory sodomy or attempted…

John McCarthy September 11, 2025

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Teacher who left claw marks on a teen’s back after sex as other students were ‘lookouts’ gets sweetheart sentence

A now-fired Missouri math teacher who admitted having rough sex with a 16-year-old student while others served as her “lookouts” may only have to spend three months behind bars if she goes…

John McCarthy July 31, 2025

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Teacher slapped with rape charges after having sex with teen while using other students as ‘lookouts,’ boy’s dad busted for allowing relationship

ST. LOUIS — A Missouri teacher has been charged with statutory rape for allegedly having sex with a 16-year-old student while other students served as “lookouts” — with the boy’s…

John McCarthy July 25, 2025

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Teacher admits having sex with 16-year-old boy — leaving claw marks on his back — as other students served as lookouts

A Missouri math teacher is likely headed to prison after admitting last week that she had sex with a 16-year-old student while other students served as her “lookouts” — and the boy’s…

John McCarthy July 1, 2025

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America, we must stand up against the bully in the Oval Office

Last week’s performance in the Oval Office presented Americans with a decision. How should we respond to an overt display of bullying of a foreign leader by our President? Clearly,…

John McCarthy May 29, 2025

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Hawley warns GOP Medicaid cuts are ‘morally wrong and politically suicidal’

WASHINGTON — Senator Josh Hawley (Republican-Missouri) is warning against his own party’s push to slash Medicaid spending, just hours after House Republicans released legislation that could save billions of dollars and make…

John McCarthy May 12, 2025

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Missouri firefighter paramedic dead after being stabbed in ambulance by patient: ‘Unfathomable crime’

KANSAS CITY (Fox News) — A firefighter paramedic in Missouri was killed in the line of duty on Sunday after he was allegedly stabbed in the back of an ambulance…

John McCarthy April 28, 2025

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American shot dead after hijacking small plane in Belize

BELIZE CITY (CBS) — A U.S. veteran was fatally shot after he hijacked a small passenger plane in Belize on Thursday, officials in Belize and the U.S. confirmed. After the…

John McCarthy April 18, 2025