A man has been killed in a violent road rage incident in St. Louis. Police say a man driving a Lincoln Navigator was allegedly cut off by a box truck on Interstate 70, and began pursuing the truck.

The man in the Navigator reportedly caught up with the box-truck driver at a stoplight on a side street, got out and attacked the truck and the other driver with a hammer. The truck driver drove off with the hammer-wielding man still on top of his truck. The alleged attacker fell off … he later died from his injuries.

A gay Catholic priest has come out, prompting a response by the Archdiocese of St. Louis.

The church says it hopes Reverend Gary Meier uses his platform to promote Catholic teachings and help those who have struggled with same-sex feelings. Meier left the active ministry last year to pursue a master’s in counseling at the University of Missouri St. Louis. He says he’ll re-publish a book that was previously released anonymously titled “Hidden Voices, Reflections of a Gay, Catholic Priest.

A ReMax real estate office in St. Peters is reeling from a $600,000 phone bill.

The St. Louis Post Dispatch reports that owner Melissa Bream says someone hacked her AT&T phone system and used her business line to make hundreds of international calls to Somalia, Guinea and Azerbaijan. She says she at first got nowhere in trying to work with the phone company and had to hire a lawyer and work with law enforcement to work on getting the charges removed from her bill.

Strong sales have pushed the Powerball jackpot even higher to an estimated $550 million for Saturday night’s drawing. The cash value of the jackpot is estimated at $350.1 million. Players have until 8:59 p.m. Saturday to purchase Powerball tickets in Missouri.

No tickets in the state have matched all six numbers yet to win the $360 million Powerball jackpot Wednesday night, so now the jackpot is rolling to $475 million for Saturday night’s drawing. It’s the second largest powerball jackpot ever. Only one player in Missouri has matched all five white-ball numbers in Wednesday night’s drawing to win the $1 million dollar prize. The winning ticket was sold in St. Louis.