CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner has contributed $50 million to his own campaign fund as he prepares to seek re-election in 2018. The donation from the multimillionaire former private equity investor was made public in documents filed Thursday. Republicans say Rauner’s contribution is intended as a warning shot as several Democrats weigh…
( KTRS ) The Normandy Police Department has canceled an Endangered person advisory for a missing 5 month old baby. Police say that Eden and her mother were in a car with several people on the night of December 19 (Monday) when the woman and another passenger got out of the vehicle to go into…
( KTRS ) Authorities are investigating a possible double shooting Thursday night. Police were initially called to the 2000 block of Destrehan around 10pm. Upon arrival they found one male victim conscious and breathing. A second victim was found in the immediate area but pronounced dead at the scene. The first victim was taken to…
Blues Now 5-10-1 on Road
(KTRS) – In the past hour, the Normandy Police Department issued an Amber Alert or 5-month-old Eden Hawthorne. Police say that Eden and her mother were in a car with several people on the night of December 19 (Monday) when the woman and another passenger got out of the vehicle to go into a restaurant.…
(KTRS) –Â In November Missouri voters approved limits on campaign contributions. Next week a judge could temporarily stop the caps from taking effect. A business group filed a lawsuit, saying the constitutional amendment unfairly keeps them from making some donations. The new rules cap contributions to individual candidates at $2,600 an election and donations to a…
WASHINGTON (AP) –Â President-elect Donald Trump is suggesting that the United States must “greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability.” Trump tweeted Thursday that the U.S. must bolster its arsenal “until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes.” It was not immediately clear what Trump meant. The tweet comes a day after…
NEW YORK (AP) – A New York man says he and his husband were removed from a JetBlue flight after his husband “expressed displeasure” about flying with Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner. Matthew Lasner said on Twitter that JetBlue staff kicked him and his husband off the flight from New York’s Kennedy airport…
St. Charles, MO Â (KTRS) Â It’s being called a freak accident after a horse pulling a carriage on the St. Charles Riverfront drowned in the Missouri River. Authorities say the horse became startled and took off and ran into the Missouri River late Wednesday night. No one was in the carriage at the time of the…
Spanish Lake, MO  (KTRS)  A man is dead following an overnight fire in Spanish Lake. Firefighters were called to a burning home along the 11-thousand block of Criterion Avenue at just after 3 a.m. Thursday. When the fire was extinguished, investigators it was determined that an adult male was killed in the fire. He appears…