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Several personal items related to 1930s Texas outlaw Clyde Barrow have sold at a Boston auction for nearly $186,000. RR Auction officials say the Bulova watch that Barrow wore when he and Bonnie Parker were killed in 1934 sold on Saturday for $112,500. Parker and Barrow were fatally shot by officers in Louisiana. Auction house … The post Bonnie and Clyde items sell for nearly $186,00 appeared first on Newstalk KZRG.

A federal grand jury has indicted a St. Louis man on charges related to the shooting of a Jasper County deputy in 2017. The federal indictment against 46-year-old E.F. Fitchpatrick was made public Friday, a day after he was sentenced to 10 years in prison on a state firearm conviction arising from the shooting of … The post Federal Grand Jury indicts Fitchpatrick appeared first on Newstalk KZRG.

A suspicious device… turned out to be an explosive device. A man found a pipe wrapped in tape in an empty parking lot in the 5100 block of South Rangeline Friday morning. The Springfield Bomb Squad was called in and successfully safely detonated the IED just after noon. The post IED found, detonated south of Joplin appeared first on Newstalk KZRG.

(AP) Madeleine Albright says during a speech in Missouri that democracy worldwide “appears to be in retreat.” The 82-year-old former secretary of state who served during President Bill Clinton’s administration spoke Thursday at Westminster College in Fulton, the site of Winston Churchill’s famous “Iron Curtain” speech in 1946. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Albright … The post Albright in Missouri speech: Democracy ‘appears in retreat’ appeared first on Newstalk KZRG.

(JEFFERSON CITY, MO) – In a press conference today, Governor Mike Parson announced the state’s plan to help combat violent crime in the St. Louis region. The plan comes on the heels of multiple meetings with state, local, and federal leaders and community groups to better understand the issues and discuss potential solutions. Read the … The post Governor Parson announces plan to help combat violent crime in STL appeared first on Newstalk KZRG.

(AP) Missouri health officials say the state has recorded its first vaping-related death. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services announced Thursday a man in his mid-40s died this week of an illness associated with the use of e-cigarettes. Health officials said lung samples taken from the Mercy St. Louis patient determined the death … The post Missouri records first vaping-related death appeared first on Newstalk KZRG.