JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s No. 2 Republican state senator is proposing a $10 limit on lobbyist gifts to elected officials. The legislation Majority Leader Mike Kehoe pitched to a Senate panel Tuesday wouldn’t completely ban gifts, as Republican Gov. Eric Greitens has called on lawmakers to do. Instead it would limit lobbyists to…
( KTRS ) A man was shot in the face Tuesday night while driving on west bound I-70. Police say the shooting happened near Adelaide around 8 pm. the victim was taken to hospital in critical, but stable condition. No more details have been released at this time.
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) – Missouri has carried out its first execution for this year. Mark Christeson was executed on Tuesday evening. He was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. Christeson was 18 when he and his 17-year-old cousin attacked Susan Brouk at her rural home in Vichy, then killed Brouk, her 12-year-old daughter and her 9-year-old…
St. Louis, MO  (KTRS)  Efforts continue to bring Major League Soccer to the Gateway City. On Tuesday, the St. Louis group behind the push for a Major League Soccer stadium downtown – SC STL – has formally applied for an MLS team. The submission of the application was followed by a phone call between the…
Peoria, IL Â (KTRS) Â – Caterpillar Inc. is moving its headquarters out of Peoria. The company announced on Tuesday it will relocate its headquarters to Chicago. The move comes as the company faces a weak equipment market that has been cutting into its bottom line. Last week, the farming and construction equipment maker reported a wider…
Jefferson County, MO  (KTRS)   Police are looking for a suspect who wore a police academy sweatshirt to rob a bank in Jefferson County. Investigators say the suspect held up the Midwest Bank Center on Imperial Main Street  at around 2:45 p.m. Monday. The suspect is described as a white male, approximately 6’2”  and weighing about…
( KTRS ) Police are investigating after a man arrived at an area hospital with multiple gunshot wounds. One male victim arrived at the hospital Monday night, in a private vehicle, in critical condition with two gunshot wounds to the back. After investigation police say the shooting took place around 8:40 pm near the intersection…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Catholic schools in St. Louis have been seeing a decrease in Catholic students over the past decade, while also seeing an increase in non-Catholic enrollment. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that in the 11 counties of the St. Louis Archdiocese, Catholic schools lost 22 percent of their Catholic students but saw…
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) – A suburban St. Louis woman accused of killing a man to shift attention away from herself in another killing has pleaded not guilty. Pamela Hupp of O’Fallon, Missouri, entered the plea Monday. She’s charged with first-degree murder in the August death of 33-year-old Louis Gumpenberger. Trial is set for October.…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri senators have taken the final step to deny pay raises for themselves and other elected officials. Senators voted 25-2 against the raises late Monday. They had until Wednesday to act. The vote came after Republican Gov. Eric Greitens put pressure on lawmakers to oppose the raise, which prompted a…