( KTRS ) As MoDOT works to re-open several highways around the area, public transportation is also being affected by high flood waters. MetroBus Director of communications Patti Beck reports several bus services will be restricted or not running Thursday morning. They are – · 40X I-55 Express · 410X Eureka Express · #61 Chambers…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois attorney general has ruled that Gov. Bruce Rauner’s office has withheld too much information on his daily appointment calendars from taxpayers. The state’s public access counselor issued an opinion in response to an appeal under the Freedom of Information Act by The Associated Press. Public access attorney Joshua Jones…
( KTRS ) Governor Bruce Rauner has added 5 more counties to the state disaster declaration for widespread flooding. This brings the statewide total of declared counties to 12. The counties added are Alexander, Christian, Clinton, Douglas and Morgan. On Tuesday, Gov. Rauner declared Calhoun, Jackson, Jersey, Madison, Monroe, Randolph and St. Clair counties. Rauner…
( KTRS ) An Ameren Illinois substation is at risk of being flooded as water continue to rise in Randolph County. Ameren Illinois spokesman Brain Bretsch, says that a substation could be compromised if a levee protecting the nearby town of Prairie du Rocher is breakched. Bretsch say Ameren is setting up a mobile substation…
( KTRS ) Drivers are seeing major delays as Interstate 55 is down to one lane in both directions near the Meramac River, to help flood fighting efforts overnight. The Post dispatch reports that authorities have been directing traffic onto Route 141 then over the Lemay Bridge north, then to Butler Hill rd and back onto…
REPUBLIC, Mo. (AP) – A small plane has crashed in southwest Missouri, and a fire official says two people were injured but are expected to survive. Republic Fire Department Capt. Joe Frahm says the private aircraft went down Wednesday night on the property of a high school in the town about 10 miles outside of…