( KTRS ) Police are investigating a possible murder-suicide in the city of Shrewsbury. Monday morning officers were called to a residence in the 7800 block of Cardinal Ridge Court for a report of a shooting. Upon arrival, they discovered two victims, each with a gunshot wound. An adult male was pronounced dead on scene.…
A mass demonstration in downtown St. Louis at what used to be Hardee’s headquarters protesting labor secretary nominee Andy Puzder, attracted about 250 people Monday. Protestors marched from the Gateway Arch to the Hardee’s HQ at 100 Broadway, shutting that block down about noon. About a dozen city police officers monitored the crowd, following protesters…
Shrewsbury, MO (KTRS) A double shooting in Shrewsbury is being investigated. Police say officers responded to a home in the 7800 block of Cardinal Ridge Court around 7 a.m. Monday. The “St. Louis Post Dispatch’ reports that the shooting stemmed from a domestic situation. There’s no word on the condition of either of the victims.…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) 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 (AP) – 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, and 24-year-old Tanishia Covingtonhearings are scheduled for Friday in Chicago have been…