Ironton, MO (KTRS) An autopsy will be performed on Thursday on a three-year-old boy who went missing from his grandfather’s home in southeast Missouri. Investigators say the body of Titus Tackett was found late Wednesday morning in a minivan, about a mile from his grandfather’s home in Ironton. A search was launched after family members…
St. Charles County, MO (KTRS) The Missouri Department of Transportation is facing legal action following a traffic accident near Wentzville that claimed the lives of a mother and her two children last month. Relatives of the victims, 36-year-old Jacqueline Faudi and her 6-year-old and 7-month-old daughters, filed a wrongful death suit against MODOT this week.…
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois Emergency Management Agency is asking its federal counterpart for more time to assess damage form early-winter floods that struck nearly two dozen counties. The Belleville News-Democrat ( bit.ly/1V4hHcw ) reports that the state agency is seeking to extend the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Friday deadline for damage assessments until…
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Justice Department enters its court fight against the city of Ferguson with the apparent upper hand given a months-long investigation that found vast problems in the way police and courts treat poor people and minorities in the St. Louis suburb. The Justice Department will look to prove in court the same…
HILLSBORO, Ill. (AP) – The owner of a southern Illinois coal mine where an underground fire has smoldered for nearly a year is asking state regulators to approve an expansion that some local residents fear could jeopardize public health and cause environmental damage. Foresight Energy ceased production at its Deer Run Mine in early January…
( KTRS ) Hillary Clinton will campaign next week with the mother of Sandra Bland, the Chicago-area woman who was discovered hanged in her jail cell three days after being pulled over for a routine traffic stop near Houston. Geneva Reed-Veal will join the Democratic presidential candidate at a Feb. 17 voter mobilization event in…
( KTRS ) A Senate panel is considering four bills that would change Missouri’s laws on texting while driving, seatbelts and motorcycle helmets. One bill reviewed in a hearing Wednesday would require everyone in a car to wear a seatbelt, including adults in the backseat. Two other proposals would ban texting while driving, which currently is…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Doctors could charge Medicaid patients a fee for missing appointments under a bill that has won initial approval in the Missouri Senate. Senators endorsed the bill Wednesday after adding a section designed to make it easier for health care providers to advertise their cost estimates. The legislation would allow doctors…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Wade Baldwin IV scored 17 points in leading five starters in double figures, and the Vanderbilt Commodores routed Missouri 86-71 Wednesday night for their second win in three games. The Commodores (14-10, 6-5 Southeastern Conference) improved to 11-2 at Memorial Gym this season. Luke Kornet scored 13 points and grabbed 12…
(KTRS/AP) – The Department of Justice is officially suing the city of Ferguson. Tuesday night the city council voted to amend an agreement with the DOJ aimed improving police and court practices. Federal officials say Ferguson residents have waited a year for the city to adopt the agreement and should not be force to wait…