(KTRS) – MoDOT says Interstate 270 will close early Sunday morning. The highway will close between Manchester Road and Interstate 44 starting at 2 AM Sunday. The road should reopen by 6 AM. Ameren crews will be working to reset utility lines that run over the highway. The lines fell Wednesday morning after a heavy,…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois lawmakers want to suspend late fees for license plate renewals, which have already brought the state $1.2 million this year and frustrated tardy motorists who didn’t get a reminder in the mail. The secretary of state’s office stopped mailing reminders in October as a cost-saving measure because Illinois has gone…
(KTRS) – Two men are in custody connected to the fatal shooting of an Illinois woman on a highway in Hazelwood last weekend. The Post-Dispatch reports that police arrested the two men today but are looking for a third suspect. Emma King Wallace was riding in a vehicle on Interstate 270 near Lindbergh when a…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Sen. Lindsey Graham is so disgusted with the GOP’s embrace of Donald Trump, he says: “My party has gone batshit crazy.” In no-holds-barred remarks Thursday night, the South Carolina senator and unsuccessful presidential candidate said the GOP has lost all semblance of sanity. He predicted irrevocable losses in November if Republicans back…
Associated Press –Â Fifteen employees of a Kansas factory were shot, three of them killed, by a co-worker whom police say had also shot three other people in nearby communities. The shooting at Excel Industries in Hesston, Kansas, was at least the fourth workplace shooting in the United States in the past 12 months alone. Some…
Jefferson City, MO  (KTRS)  Governor Jay Nixon is mourning the death of his father. The Governor announced on Friday that his father, Jeremiah “Jerry” Nixon died at the age of 90 from natural causes at his St. Louis home. He was surrounded by his family including his wife of 32 years, Katy. Nixon released the following…
