Franklin County, MO (KTRS) The death of a 7-year-old Franklin County girl is being investigated. Franklin County Sheriff Gary Toelke says the child’s father arrived home from work early Wednesday and found his daughter dead in a bedroom and his wife incoherent on the floor. Toelke did not say how the girl died, but…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) Two family members of a missing Sunset Hills woman are in custody. John McLaughlin, the estranged husband of Linda McLaughlin, was arrested Tuesday night on suspicion of murder. His brother Robert McLaughlin, was also arrested. Both men are being held without bail. Police say first-degree murder charges are expected to…
CHICAGO (AP) – Game 7 of the Blackhawks-Blues series drew the largest TV audience for a first-round NHL playoff game on NBCSN. St. Louis’ 3-2 win Monday to eliminate the defending Stanley Cup champions averaged 1.35 million viewers. The telecast on CSN Chicago earned a 19.1 rating, a record for the regional sports network. That…
CHICAGO (AP) – Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert is stepping before a judge to learn his punishment in a hush-money case centered on sex-abuse allegations. At Wednesday’s hearing in Chicago, federal prosecutors intend to focus on accusations that Hastert molested at least four students when he coached wrestling at an Illinois high school. The…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The state Senate has approved exempting some types of farm data from Missouri’s open-records laws. Senators voted 25-6 Tuesday on a bill requiring state agencies to keep confidential the information collected for voluntary agricultural programs, including registration data for animal disease tracking programs. Anyone who improperly releases that information could…
( KTRS ) A bill designed to ease limits on the concealed carry of weapons is advancing in the Missouri Legislature after House members voted 112-37 to send the measure to the Senate. The approved legislation would allow people to carry concealed guns without a permit anywhere they now can carry openly, something that doesn’t…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A bill moving through the Missouri Legislature would limit public access to police body camera footage. Senators voted 30-0 on Tuesday to seal body camera footage until police investigations become inactive. The bill would also exempt footage from body cameras and dashboard cameras from open records laws if they depict…
PHOENIX (AP) – Carlos Martinez gave up three hits in eight scoreless innings, Brandon Moss and Stephen Piscotty homered and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-2 on Tuesday night. Martinez (4-0) won for the fourth time in four starts. The 24-year-old right-hander held the Diamondbacks without a hit until David Peralta’s one-out…