Sauget, IL (KTRS) A boil order is in effect for parts of the metro-east. Illinois American water says a 20-inch water main broke on Monsanto Avenue in Sauget Thursday, and that repairs are being made. Impacted customers are advised to boil their water for at least 5 minutes before consumption. The water is okay for…
JENNINGS, Mo. (AP) — Another shooting has claimed the life of a child in the St. Louis area, but police haven’t determined if the shooting was accidental or intentional. A 3-year-old boy was shot Thursday at an apartment building near Jennings. A relative driving the child to the hospital saw a St. Louis County police…
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Efforts to ban flavored e-cigarettes and reduce their appeal to youngsters have sputtered under industry pressure in over a half-dozen states this year even as one state, Michigan, moves ahead with its own restrictions and President Donald Trump promises federal ones. In many cases, the fight by the industry and its…
KANSAS CITY, MO (AP) — Missouri taxpayers spent more than $200,000 in the months leading up to former Gov. Eric Greitens’ resignation to defend his office’s use of a self-deleting text message app, according to a state audit issued Wednesday. In 2017, a lawsuit alleged Greitens’ office used the app Confide to avoid being subjected…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A new court filing says former St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger must turn himself in at a federal prison in South Dakota in 10 days. Stenger, a Democrat, pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges in May for a scheme to provide favors such as county contracts to campaign contributors. He was…
DUPO, Ill. (AP) — A freight train bearing a flammable liquid used in solvents derailed in an Illinois suburb of St. Louis Tuesday, causing a fire that sent thick, black smoke into the air and prompted the evacuation of nearby schools and residences. In a news release, Union Pacific says that the train derailed at…
The following release is from the St. Louis County Police Department: On July 9, 2019, the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged suspect Dominic Yocco, 19 years of age, of the 1600 block of Celerity Drive in Florissant, Missouri 63031, with four counts of Rape 1st Degree, two counts of Assault 3rd Degree, two…
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, GA (AP) — Rescuers scoured the Georgia coast on Sunday for four missing crew members of a cargo ship that overturned and caught fire, but the efforts ran into trouble amid the flames and instability of the ship, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The Golden Ray cargo ship’s problems began early Sunday…
Lake Ozark, MO (KTRS) Ameren Missouri’s Bagnell Dam at Lake of the Ozarks wins an international award. The company’s “Bagnell Dam Stabilization Project” was awarded the 2019 Top Plant Award by Power magazine. The project was completed 3 months ahead of schedule and on budget in September of 2018, and was the first major structural…
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Mike Parson is Missouri’s unexpected governor, assuming power when his predecessor resigned in scandal. A little more than a year into his mostly uneventful stewardship of the state, the Republican governor is expected to announce Sunday that he’s seeking a full term, and his folksy…