SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Just because Illinois lawmakers approved a stopgap budget doesn’t necessarily mean that motorists will again receive reminders in the mail that it’s time to renew their license plate registrations. The stopgap budget approved last week provides $35 million to cover the Secretary of State’s operations through December but The Pantagraph in…
DALLAS (AP) – A law enforcement official has told The Associated Press that the dead suspect in the shooting attack on Dallas police was 25-year-old Micah Johnson. Dallas police killed the suspect with a robot-delivered bomb after hours of overnight negotiations in a parking garage had failed. The law enforcement official spoke to the AP…
Officer is in surgery and the suspect is in custody
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Two people are dead following two separate shootings overnight in south St. Louis. Police say three people were gunned down on Folsom near Spring at just before 1 a.m . One of those victims died. There’s no word on the conditions of the surviving victims. About an hour later, a man…
The president of the NAACP is calling for policies, not handwringing
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) An overnight fire is to blame for damaging a north city market where two men were fatally shot on the Fourth of July. Firefighters were called to Moma Minnie’s Market on Page and Pendleton at just before 2 a.m. Friday. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Meanwhile, police are…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson is taking precautions for his officers in response to the sniper attacks on police in Dallas. Dotson tweeted that “Due to events unfolding in Dallas, Texas, effectively immediately, all on-duty officers will work in pairs until further notice. No police officers, park rangers or marshals will…
