( KTRS ) Interstate 44 is now closed between Bowles Avenue and Route 109 in West County due to flooding of the Meramec River at Route 141. MoDOT spokesman Chris Kelly say the closure is between mile marker 264 and 273 and is expected to last a few days. Due to other closures in the…
( KTRS ) Lawmakers are again pushing for bills to address concerns that brought national attention to St. Louis after the civil unrest in Ferguson. The fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in 2014 sparked protests in the area and around the country. Lawmakers last session passed a bill to limit the power and revenue-generating…
DIXON, Mo. (AP) – A sheriff says the body of a fifth international soldier from Fort Leonard Wood who died in weekend flooding has been found. Pulaski County Sheriff Ron Long said the soldier’s body was recovered Tuesday. He was with four other soldiers who drowned in Pulaski County Saturday. The bodies of the other…
( KTRS ) Drivers beware, a potential shutdown of I-44 just west of Highway 141 is expected soon. MoDOT officials predict a shutdown of the interstate could be coming by 6 a.m. Wednesday morning. -Rising floodwaters are to blame. Fox 2 news reports that Fenton city officials are also weighing possible evacuations. Sandbagging efforts took…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A group of U.S. Postal Service employees in St. Louis have claimed a $1 million Powerball lottery prize. The Missouri Lottery said in a release Tuesday the eight Postal Service employees matched five of the winning numbers in the Dec. 19 drawing. The winning numbers from that drawing were: 28, 30,…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The state of Illinois is asking for the public’s help in cracking down on child human trafficking. The Illinois Department of Human Services on Monday said trafficking of children for sex occurs throughout Illinois. The department says it has investigated more than 600 allegations of the crime in Illinois since 2011.…
(KTRS) – Police are asking for help to find a Grafton, Illinois woman who hasn’t been seen in more than two days. Grafton police say that 42-year-old Heather Bardsley went missing late on the night of December 26. She was wearing a grey sweatshirt, blue jeans, and zebra-print rubber rain boots. Anyone with information on…
(KTRS/AP) – Despite a legal victory, the Planned Parenthood clinic in Columbia, Missouri cannot resume abortions. On Monday a judge blocked Missouri from revoking the clinic’s abortion license. The clinic cannot start performing abortions until they find a physician who meets the requirement that a doctor have local hospital admitting privileges.
NASHUA, N.H. (AP) – New Hampshire’s largest newspaper, the Union Leader, is the latest target of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s attacks against the news media. Its offense? A front-page editorial Monday by publisher Joseph McQuaid declaring, “Trump campaign insults NH voters’ intelligence.” Trump says the paper is “failing” and is calling McQuaid a “loser,”…
