St. Louis, MO Â (KTRS) Â A child is dead following a shooting in north St. Louis. Police say a 7-year-old girl died after being shot inside of a home on Minnie Avenue around 1:30 a.m. Monday. Investigators are trying to determine whether or not the shooting was accidental. The victim’s name hasn’t been released. There’s no…
( KTRS ) Two people are dead after a fatal motorcycle accident on Sunday. Police report the crash took place around 3pm near the intersection of Big Bend and Highway 141. A car was traveling west on Big Bend Road, just past Highway 141, when it attempted to make a left turn onto Boly Lane.…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – An Illinois court is set to take up a motion filed by the state attorney general to halt state employee paychecks until lawmakers solve Illinois’ budget impasse. Legislators are simultaneously considering a threat by Gov. Bruce Rauner to veto one of two proposals to keep the payments going. A judge in…
( KTRS ) Fire crews in the Metro-East were working hard yesterday as a number of brush fires ignited across the area. Heavy winds and dry brush fueled the fires, that burnt for quite sometime. Crews first responded to a fire around 1:30pm Sunday afternoon near 8th street and Route 3 In Columbia,IL. Then just…
LEADWOOD, Mo. (AP) – Authorities are investigating the death of a Missouri man who identified himself as an “imperial wizard” of the Ku Klux Klan. Washington County Sheriff Zach Jacobsen told the Park Hills Daily Journal (http://bit.ly/2l2KENV ) that the body of 51-year-old Frank Ancona of Leadwood, Missouri, was found near the Big River Saturday…
Chicago, IL Â (AP) Â – Â A new report says Illinois’ financial situation is so bad that the state would have to slash spending by more than 26 percent to balance next year’s budget through cuts alone. This morning, the nonprofit group, Civic Federation released its proposed five-year plan for stabilizing Illinois’ finances. The group says lawmakers’…
CHICAGO (AP) – Four African-Americans charged with a hate crime in an attack on a white mentally disabled man that was shown live on Facebook are expected to enter pleas during a court hearing. Brittany Covington, Tesfaye Cooper and Jordan Hill, all 18, Â and 24-year-old Tanishia Covingtonhearings are scheduled for Friday in Chicago have been…
Spanish Lake, MO  –  St. Louis County Police need the public’s help in finding two suspects wanted in an armed robbery at a Spanish Lake restaurant. Police have released surveillance images from the hold up Tuesday night at the Subway Restaurant on Larimore Road. Those images show the two suspects entering  the restaurant and approaching the…
O’Fallon, MO  (KTRS)  An influenza outbreak has prompted St. Dominic’s Catholic High School to cancel classes on Friday. School officials report that about 100 students have the flu.  Teachers and staff have also come down with the flu. The main office is also closed. After-school practices and events will continue as scheduled. Meanwhile, maintenance crews…
St. Louis voters now have two more ballot measures to decide this April: the half-cent sales tax for MetroLink expansion, neighborhood improvements and job training, and the funding plan for a major league soccer stadium downtown. It took a St. Louis circuit judge only minutes to decide to place the measures on the April 4…