Grief Counselors Helping Babler Elementary Students Cope With Classmate’s Death
Wildwood, MO (KTRS) Grief counselors are on hand today at Babler Elementary to help students and staff cope with the death of a classmate. Police say 7-year-old Rachel Bick and her father were crossing 109 at Shepard Road Saturday night when she was struck by an SUV. The first grader was taken to the hospital,…
Rauner-Madigan rivalry hamstrings Illinois budget talks
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The rivalry between Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan continues to intensify during Illinois’ 10-month budget stalemate, leaving little hope that the state will have a spending plan any time soon. Neither man has budged from their respective positions in a battle of attrition that has left…
UPDATE: Quake toll in Ecuador up
PORTOVIEJO, Ecuador (AP) – There are devastating losses along Ecuador’s Pacific Ocean coast, after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck over the weekend. At least 272 people were killed, highways buckled and homes and buildings were flattened. President Rafael Correa says Saturday night’s quake was the worst natural disaster to hit Ecuador since a 1949 earthquake…
1 dead, 4 injured in Sunday crash.
( KTRS ) St. Louis County’s Accident Reconstruction team has been called out for a fatal accident. Sunday around 3:15 pm at New Jamestown Road and Krenski in North St. Louis County, a driver was killed in a single vehicle accident. Police say the driver was speeding, lost control of the vehicle and struck a…
University of Missouri countersues professor in gun lawsuit
( KTRS ) The University of Missouri is countersuing a law school professor who has asked a court to invalidate the university’s ban on firearms. Royce Barondes filed a lawsuit against the university in September, claiming the school’s rules violate his constitutional rights as well as state law. Since then, the university’s team of private…
Missouri bill would bar communities from banning pit bulls
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri cities no longer could ban pit bulls under a bill advancing in the Legislature. The measure passed 117-17 by the House last week would ban breed-specific local ordinances. That means municipalities no longer could ban pit bulls or other dog breeds sometimes considered dangerous. Sponsors say pit bulls are no more…
Blues rally for 3-2 win over Blackhawks in Game 3
CHICAGO (AP) – Jaden Schwartz scored at 13:32 of the third period with Patrick Kane in the penalty box for high-sticking, and the St. Louis Blues beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 on Sunday for a 2-1 lead in their first-round playoff series. Patrik Berglund also scored in the third as St. Louis rallied for the…
Blues rally for 3-2 win over Blackhawks in Game 3
CHICAGO (AP) — Jaden Schwartz scored at 13:32 of the third period with Patrick Kane in the penalty box for high-sticking, and the St. Louis Blues beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 on Sunday for a 2-1 lead in their first-round playoff series. Patrik Berglund also scored in the third as St. Louis rallied for the…