The Post-Dispatch reports that the gunman who killed the Rev. Fred Winters during a church service yesterday in Maryville suffers from a mental illness brought on by Lyme disease. The suspect, Terry Joe Sedlacek, was the subject of an August 2008 article in the Post-Dispatch that documented how a tick bite led to his unstable mental condition.Folks near Alton are recovering after tornadoes ripped through Illinois during yesterday's storm. The Cardinals didn't have wind gusts to blame yesterday,
While many people in these parts are still trying to make sense of the tragic shooting that happened yesterday at a church in Maryville, media around the world already have begun to play up the most sensational element of the story: that the Rev. Fred Winter, who was killed in the incident, used a Bible to deflect his killer's bullets.A story by London's Daily Telegraph bore this misleading headline:That Telegraph story has already surged in popularity on social-bookmarking Web site Digg. A quic
Police in Maryland Heights are on the lookout for the "feces bandit" -- a suspect accused of spreading human excrement in Wesport Plaza bathrooms. The bandit has also been leaving his (or her) "trail" on vending machines on college campuses. Terry Sedlacek, the man charged with gunning down the Rev. Fred Winters during a church service Sunday in Maryville, pleaded "not guilty" yesterday to charges of murder and aggravated battery. Radio station KTRS reports that St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob M
Paris Hilton wowed a crowd of 500-plus folks at the St. Clair Square mall this weekend. A few hardcore fans arrived to the store at 4:30 a.m. to meet the celebutante and buy her latest perfume, Fairy Dust.The Alton-Telegraph has video footage of anti-gay protesters who tried to crash the funeral last week for slain Maryville pastor, Fred Winters. The hate group met stiff resistance from state troopers and a Christian motorcycle gang. Highway 40 construction has altered the start time of tomorrow
