ST. LOUIS (AP) – Authorities have praised the actions of a fast-thinking paramedic who dove into a frigid Illinois lake and saved an infant from a submerged SUV. Madison County Sheriff John Lakin says a motorist called 911 Thursday morning to report a car heading down a hill toward Silver Lake in Highland, Illinois. Paramedic…
HIGHLAND, Ill. (AP) – An infant is being treated at a St. Louis hospital after the car the child was in rolled into a lake. Authorities say the baby was the only occupant found in the car that went into Silver Lake around 6 a.m. Thursday in Highland, Illinois, about 30 miles east of St.…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A suburban St. Louis pastor faces June sentencing now that he’s admitted in federal court that he defrauded and filed a false tax return in connection with a million-dollar investment fraud scheme. Fifty-two-year-old Mark Q. Stafford of O’Fallon Missouri pleaded guilty Wednesday in St. Louis. Prosecutors say the minister at New…
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) – A 51-year-old St. Louis man charged in the 2005 stabbing deaths of three people at a beauty salon is heading back to Illinois to face trial. The Belleville News Democrat (http://bit.ly/2ntL0vq ) reports Samuel L. Johnson waived extradition proceedings Tuesday and would be transferred soon from Missouri to Illinois. Johnson was…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens says he has some concerns about the health care overhaul being considered in the U.S. House but remains fully in support of “repealing Obamacare.” Greitens said Wednesday that he wants to replace the federal health care law enacted under former President Barack Obama with one that…
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (AP) – A historic site in southwest Illinois is hosting an event to mark the arrival of spring. The Illinois Historic Preservation Agency has announced that the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site will hold a dawn event Sunday. Visitors are invited to gather at 6:45 a.m. to see dawn break over a model…
St. Louis, MO  (KTRS)   The investigation continues after a child was fatally shot in south St. Louis. The “St. Louis Post Dispatch” reports that police say the 12-year-old victim and another child were playing with a gun they found. It’s unclear which child fired the gun. The shooting happened  at around 11 p.m. Tuesday…
Ferguson, MO  (KTRS)  The fallout continues over the release of a documentary about Michael Brown. A crowd voiced their concerns over the documentary at Tuesday night’s Ferguson City Council meeting. Some of those in attendance placed blame on Ferguson Market and called for its closure, alleging drug activity. Others said the protests stemming from the…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Two Mexican nationals have admitted in federal court their role in a large marijuana-growing operation at a central Missouri federal wildlife refuge. Twenty-seven-year-old Carlos Horacio Vasquez-Duarte and 24-year-old Rigaberto Camacho Reyes pleaded guilty Tuesday in Jefferson City. Federal prosecutors say law enforcement officers discovered the marijuana-growing operation last October on…
( KTRS ) Police are investigating after a man was shot sitting in his vehicle. The incident began early Tuesday morning when a man arrived at the hospital with a gunshot wound to the thigh. The 22 yr old victim, told officers that he was sitting in his vehicle in the 1200 block Gimblin St…