St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The 45th Annual Great Forest Park Balloon Race and Balloon Glow is being moved to Art Hill in Forest Park this year. Organizers say the change in venue is due to the renovations to Central Fields in Forest Park. The event is scheduled for September 15-16. “Forest Park in St.…
Alton, IL (KTRS) The Major Case Squad has been activated to investigate a murder in the metro-east. Investigators say a man’s body was found was found lying in the roadway in the 900 block of Union Street at just after 4 a.m. Sunday. The victim who has been identified as as 34-year-old Derrance Taylor. Investigators haven’t…
Pacific, MO (KTRS) A multi-agency resource center is opening today in Pacific to help victims of the recent flooding. This will be followed by other resource centers opening this week that will provide a one-stop shop for resources such as experts in housing and insurance as well as counseling services. Participating agencies include, the American Red…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Longtime Fox 2 news broadcaster John Auble has died. Fox 2 News reports that Auble died Saturday night after a long battle with cancer. The station posted this statement on its website: “John was a warrior a true journalist who cared. He served the St. Louis community well and we are…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Many top pro-business priorities of Republican Gov. Eric Greitens passed during his first legislative session, but campaign promises to ramp up ethics laws failed. Greitens’ biggest legislative successes of the annual session that ended Friday were on labor issues and changes aimed at making the state’s legal climate more business…
Alton, MO (KTRS) A suspect is being sought in connection to a shooting at a metro-east saloon. Police say a 24-year-old man was shot early Saturday morning inside the Riverside Saloon in Alton. The victim was taken to the hospital. The victim is reportedly listed in critical condition. An image was captured on video surveillance.…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal grand jury in St. Louis has accused a woman of impersonating a nurse and spending three months at a hospital’s intensive-care unit and with elderly psychiatric patients. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports 35-year-old Samantha Rivera is charged with health care fraud and identity theft. Authorities say she has lived…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Thousands of low-income seniors and disabled residents could be spared from cuts to their in-home care and nursing services as a result of legislation passed in the final minutes of Missouri’s annual legislative session Friday. But thousands of minimum-wage workers in St. Louis could lose a recent pay raise because…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri State Highway Patrol is turning over information to the state attorney general for a review of its involvement with a trucking technology company. The Highway Patrol on Thursday announced it’s cooperating with Attorney General Josh Hawley. The patrol and the Missouri Department of Transportation are under scrutiny for…
HERMANN, MO (AP) A $3.5 million Lotto prize sold in central Missouri in November has now expired, and two other unclaimed prizes purchased in Missouri are set to expire soon, too. The Missouri Lottery says someone purchased the winning $3.5 million Lotto ticket on Nov. 12 at Hermann Fuel Mart. The period to claim the prize…