Staunton, IL (KTRS) A massive fire is to blame for heavily damaging a classic car shop in Staunton, Illinois. Firefighters responded to the blaze at Country Classic Cars on East Frontage Road on Tuesday night. The fire quickly spread to five alarms. No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is under investigators.
(St. Louis) – KTRS Voters in St. Ann said no to a sales tax increase to pay for road improvements, but other communities were in favor of increasing taxes. Overland voters said yes to doubling their property taxes to help the city’s police pension fund. Greendale and Moline Acres residents approved a use tax which…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The defense has rested in the trial of a former St. Louis police officer accused of murder in the 2011 shooting death of a man during a police pursuit. Jason Stockley testified on his behalf Tuesday, saying he saw a firearm in Anthony Lamar Smith’s hand before a chase that preceded…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) An investment into a St. Louis startup company is paying off. A publicly-traded company from the East Coast has acquired Confluence Life Sciences, which was backed by BioGenerator. It was announced on Tuesday that Confluence Life Sciences, Inc., was purchased by Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. for $100 million. “We are thrilled to…
Cahokia, IL (KTRS) This Sunday, the public is invited to attend archaeologist Russell Weisman’s solar eclipse lecture at the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site. Weisman’s lecture will focus on solar eclipses and how they relate to the Mississippian culture and Cahokia Mounds. The presentation, “In the Shadow of the Moon: Solar Eclipses in the Cahokian…
EAST ST. LOUIS (KTRS) The St. Louis Major Case Squad has been called into investigate the killing of a young mother in front of her toddler early Tuesday morning. In a release from the Major Case Squad, East St. Louis police were called to a home in the 12-hundred block of Market in East St. Louis about…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) 26 dogs from southwestern Missouri are in the care of the Humane Society today after the society’s animal cruelty task force rescued them from a hoarding situation. Police in Seneca, Missouri, had called the Humane Society of Missouri last week. The task force rescued the dogs yesterday and brought them to their St.…
CLINTON, Mo. (AP) -The manhunt continues for the suspect in the killing of a western Missouri police officer. State, county and city law enforcement officers are searching for 39-year-old Ian McCarthy, who is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Clinton police Officer Gary Michael late Sunday. Michael was killed during a traffic…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – An audit shows former Democratic Missouri Governor Jay Nixon spent $2.2 million more on his office than what lawmakers budgeted for and used taxpayer dollars for personal food and security costs. Democratic Auditor Nicole Galloway’s office released a report Monday that says Nixon exceeded lawmaker-approved spending on his office, flights,…
(St. Louis) – KTRS The city of St. Louis doesn’t have any issues on today’s ballot but residents of St. Ann, Overland, Greendale, Moline Acres, and Bel-Ridge can decide if those communities should enact tax increases. Proposals to raise sales taxes, property taxes and use taxes are tied to issues such as road improvements and…