April 30, 2019 Parts of Iowa city flood as barrier fails; buildings, cars evacuated Floodwaters swamped downtown Davenport, Iowa, Tuesday evening after a temporary flood barrier failed, sending people to the rooftops of buildings to seek shelter.
April 23, 2019 Fires at Missouri city hall, police station, ex-mayor's home have some suspecting cover-up, others hate crime Shortly after the Tyus Byrd, who was defeated in her re-election bid, swore in the new mayor of Parma, Missouri, fires broke out in her home, the police station and city hall. Police have called the fire in the former mayor’s home suspicious, and say the blaze at Parma City Hall was caused by arson.
April 23, 2019 Missouri man with 'body count' tattoo charged in deadly shooting A Missouri man facing multiple charges in connection to a deadly shooting last month claimed to have kept a mark of his killings -- a "body count" tattoo right on his face.
April 18, 2019 Missouri firefighters push man home after electric wheelchair breaks, video shows A group of firefighters in Missouri were caught on tape appearing to lend a helping hand to an individual whose electric wheelchair gave out.
April 17, 2019 Missouri woman allegedly smashes restaurant windows with bat because it didn't have chocolate ice cream: report A woman who wanted chocolate ice cream at a St. Louis restaurant last month allegedly became angry and violent when she was told they only had vanilla, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported this week.
April 16, 2019 St. Louis man accused of killing wife after release on bail A Missouri man was charged with murder Tuesday for allegedly killing his wife after a nonprofit group posted his bail in a domestic violence case, prosecutors say.
April 13, 2019 Gypsy Rose Blanchard is engaged to man who contacted her in prison, report says Gypsy Rose Blanchard, the woman who is serving prison time for second-degree murder in her mother’s death, is engaged to her pen pal she met while behind bars, a report said.
April 12, 2019 Oklahoma dad’s actions helped save daughter’s life after ‘sudden death’: report An Oklahoma father’s quick thinking helped save his 6-year-old daughter’s life after the child suddenly collapsed when her heart stopped from a condition doctors call “sudden death,” a report said last week.
April 9, 2019 Kansas elementary school secretary killed, husband charged after found with self-inflicted wounds, police say A Kansas man was arrested on Monday after his wife was found dead after he was found with possibly self-inflicted wounds, officials said.
April 9, 2019 Illegal immigrant charged in 5 deaths in Missouri, Kansas found dead in jail cell, sheriff says An illegal immigrant who led authorities on a manhunt across two states after allegedly killing 5 people in 2016 was found dead in a jail cell early Tuesday, officials said.