Ferguson, MO  (KTRS)  An Endangered Person Advisory is in effect for a missing Ferguson teen. Police say 17-year-old Willow Lynn Canaday  went to bed at 7 p.m. on Monday at her home on Starlight Drive after having an argument with her parents. When her parents went to check on her, she was gone and left a…
CHICAGO (AP) – A feud between Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner and Comptroller Susana Mendoza is escalating over spending priorities during the state’s unprecedented budget standoff. Mendoza is a Democrat in charge of paying Illinois’ bills. She used a City Club of Chicago speech Monday to accuse Rauner of being a “terrible governor” and paying consultants…
Jennings, MO Â (KTRS) Â A victim of a fatal shooting in Jennings may have been trying to break into a car. That’s according to investigators who say officers responded to a call regarding a car break in along the 1900 block of Switzer at just before 4 a.m. Tuesday. Upon arrival, officers found a man lying…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A renewable energy company is again facing opposition as it seeks one of the final pieces of regulatory approval needed to carry wind power from the nation’s heartland to the east. Missouri utility regulators began hearing testimony Monday on a request from Clean Line Energy to build a high-voltage transmission…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A new report shows that withheld funding and lack of follow-through effectively killed a program aimed at allowing Missouri residents receiving child support to accept wage hikes without losing state assistance. The Springfield News-Leader reports the Hand-up Program was approved in 2012 to help lessen the so-called cliff effect of…
( KTRS ) City officials and those who support bringing a Major League Soccer team to St. Louis will be meeting later today. A press conference/ announcement is being held a the Boys and Girls Club of Greater St. Louis to unveil the ‘Community Benefits Agreement’ between the MLS Group and City of St. Louis.…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois Supreme Court won’t immediately consider Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s appeal of a circuit court ruling that state workers must be paid during the state budget impasse. Justices on Monday denied Madigan’s request to bypass the appellate court and take the matter directly to the Supreme Court. Madigan argues the…
St. Louis, MO Â (KTRS) Â Fans are honoring the late music legend Chuck Berry with a memorial in the Delmar loop. Fans have been leaving flowers, candles, and signs at the foot of his stature along Delmar to pay tribute to the rock and roll pioneer since the news was announced about his death. Berry passed…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The St. Louis childhood home of late poet Maya Angelou is up for sale. With a listed price of $159,000, the 1,100-square-foot place at 3130 Hickory St. was Angelou’s home for her first three years and, after her death in 2014 at the age of 86, was given local landmark status.…
St. Louis, MO ( KTRS ) Police continue to look for seven suspects in connection with a shooting at the Busch Stadium Metrolink station. Police say the incident began around 11 p.m. Sunday when the suspects boarded the train in the metro-east. The suspects began pestering a 51-year-old man and his 29-year-old son for…