JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers are looking beyond the usual places for funding road and bridge repairs after they promised to make the issue a priority this session. In two weeks, House Republicans hope to send the Senate a budget that includes $30 million to revive the Missouri Department of Transportation’s cost-sharing system.…
(KTRS) – One person is injured after a shooting at a MetroLink station on North Hanley. Fox 2 reports that the victim is a man who was just waiting for the train when two other people started shooting. The victim is expected to survive and police are searching for the men involved in the shooting.
(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 – 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…
