( KTRS ) Temperatures are climbing to dangerous levels in several Midwest this week. The National Weather Service has issued heat advisories for parts of Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana. Dozens of cooling centers have been set up through out the area, a list of them can be found online at 211helps.org. Thursday…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s employment has dropped after reaching an all-time high. The state Department of Economic Development on Wednesday said nonfarm payroll employment decreased by about 5,900 jobs in May. Employment in the state reached a record high when it hit more than 2.8 million in April, when the state gained 15,000 jobs.…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Gov. Bruce Rauner implored voters tired of budget deadlock to call Democratic legislators and ask them to return to the capital to vote on Republican budget measures. The GOP governor appeared with cabinet members who oversee state construction projects to ask Democrats to end the yearlong budget impasse. He wants votes…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – A St. Louis County jury has found a Hazelwood man guilty in a road rage and alcohol-fueled crash that killed a St. Peters man in 2014. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/23cqJJ7 ) reports that jurors found 25-year-old Kirk Mueller guilty of second-degree involuntary manslaughter in the death of 26-year-old Derek Cliffe.…
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) – Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings says searchers have recovered the body of a 2-year-old Nebraska boy snatched by an alligator at Walt Disney World. The boy was attacked Tuesday night as he waded in shallow water at the edge of the Seven Seas Lagoon at Disney’s Grand Floridian resort. Demings…
Alton, IL (KTRS) Ameren Illinois is reaching out to help keep low income residents cool this summer. On Wednesday, Ameren donated sixty energy efficient air conditioners those in need in Madison County through its Ameren Cares program. This included veterans and the elderly. Cindy Roper of East Alton was one those grateful recipients. “I’m so happy…
BUTLER, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri sheriff says he’s waiving fees for the rest of June for residents seeking concealed carry permits after last weekend’s nightclub massacre in Florida. Bates County Sheriff Chad Anderson announced the move Monday on the department’s official Facebook page. The county has charged residents $100 for their first five-year permit…
(KTRS) – The FBI will pay a $5,000 reward for the information that led to the capture of a kidnapping suspect. Investigators say that Oretega Mitchell was involved in a plot to lure a California man to Missouri and then kidnap him. Mitchell’s two alleged accomplices were arrested in November of last year.
The bulletin will be effective Thursday, the same day a bulletin issued in December expires
Experienced alligator trappers, sheriff’s department divers and sonar equipment are being used to search a network of man-made canals, ponds and lakes where the gator may have taken the boy