CHICAGO (AP) — Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert was released from prison in Minnesota and transferred to a Chicago re-entry facility, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Hastert was sentenced to 15 months in prison in April 2016 in a banking violations case that revealed accusations he had sexually abused teenagers while coaching…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) Amazon has signed a lease for two warehouse buildings in the Hazelwood Logistics Center. These will be Amazon’s first locations for doing business in the state of Missouri. The Missouri Partnership was instrumental in helping the City of Hazelwood land this Amazon deal. Amazon is hiring 9 full-time employees to operate the sortation…
Annie Amantea Blum has lived close to the river in St. Louis, Missouri, all of her life. She is a retired teacher and school counselor and author. She worked for 16 summers on the steamer Admiral, the most wonderful excursion boat on the Mississippi River. The pictures in her book come from St. Louis Mercantile…
Jesse Eisinger is a senior reporter at ProPublica. He is the author of the forthcoming book from Simon & Schuster,
East St. Louis, IL Â (KTRS) Â A $2,000 reward is being offered after a horrific case of animal abuse in East St. Louis. An anonymous donor has put up the money to find those responsible for shooting a 1-2-year-old Newfoundland mix multiple times and gauging out her left eye. The dog who has been named “Glamour”,…
St. Louis, MO  (KTRS)  Dangerous heat continues in the region. The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning  through 8 p.m. Saturday. This means temperatures will soar near or above triple digits, with heat index values up to 113 degrees. Cooling centers have been set up throughout the region to help those without…
(St. Louis)- KTRS St. Louis Fire Department Captain John Kemper lost his life one week after suffering injuries while on duty, fighting a fire over the 4th of July holiday period. 59- year old Kemper joined the department in 1993 and in 2008 he was promoted to the position of Captain. Co-workers have described him…
Police investigate 2 separate shootings in St. Louis ST. LOUIS (AP) — Homicide detectives are investigating two fatal shootings that happened just miles apart in a nine-hour span on Sunday in St. Louis. Police say the first shooting happened just before 4 a.m. When police arrived on the scene, they found a man suffering from…
St. Louis County, MO Â (KTRS) Â Missouri is no longer the lone state without a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program. During his visit to Express Scripts in North St. Louis County on Monday, Governor Eric Greitens signed an executive order to establish a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program. “We have to look this problem square in the eye…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS)Â Missouri is no longer the only state in the country without a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program. During his visit to Express Scripts in North St. Louis County, Governor Eric Greitens signed an executive order to establish a prescription drug monitoring program. The state is partnering with Express Scripts to create the system. It’s…