( KTRS ) Areas of Jefferson County are under a mandatory boil order. Public Water Supply officials say residents living in Fenton, High Ridge, House Springs, Byrnesmill, and parts of Eureka, should boil their water for at least three minutes before drinking or cooking. The boil order only effects customer who are served by Public…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The governor of Illinois has activated the State Emergency Operations Center as flooding affects parts of the state after heaving weekend rains. Gov. Bruce Rauner on Monday morning said rivers are swelling with water in some Illinois communities, causing flooding. Activating the operations center means that state agencies will be ready…
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) – A former H&M loss prevention officer who faces two counts of kidnapping and one count of rape was also accused of another incident more than seven months earlier. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 36-year-old Shaun Ivy was accused in August of having an 18-year-old woman drive to a remote…
ST. CHARLES ( KTRS ) An Endangered Silver Advisory that had been issued for 74-year-old Burlan Thomas is canceled. He was last seen around 6:30 Monday evening in the 2300 block of Gallaher Ave. Police say Thomas suffers from dementia, high blood pressure and sickle-cell anemia. Police say Thomas has been found safe and is back…
EAST CARONDOLET, ILL (KTRS) Illinois State Police have released the name of the man whose body was discovered in the Mississippi near the city limits of East Carondolet in St. Clair County this past Friday. The St. Clair County Coroner says the body belonged to 37-year-old Keith Warner, who they say was considered homeless. Police say…
ST. LOUIS ( KTRS) The Missouri Department of Transportation says Interstate 44 between I-270 and Highway 109 will be closed Monday night after rush hour and will probably remain closed through the rest of the week. Tom Blair with the Missouri Department of Transportation says as the floodwaters overtake I-44 by Tuesday tomorrow morning, motorists will have…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Several southern states braced for more severe weather Monday in the wake of storms, tornadoes and flooding that claimed 16 lives and left authorities in Arkansas searching for two children swept away by raging waters. The outbreak that began Saturday over much of the U.S. Midwest and South included at least…
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A monthly survey of business supply managers suggests economic conditions in nine Midwest and Plains states improved slightly in April, according to a report released Monday. The Mid-America Business Conditions Index report said the overall economic index for the region rose to 61.4 in April from 60.1 in March. It’s the…
Valley Park, MO (KTRS) Residents in parts of Valley Park are under a mandatory evacuation order as a result of the major flooding. Residents and businesses located in the Levee-protected area have until noon Tuesday to evacuate. At that time the National Guard will be stationed at both entrances to town and will not allow…
Jefferson County, MO (KTRS) At least three deaths are being blamed on the flooding in the state. The latest victim is an elderly man in Jefferson County. The Missouri Highway Patrol reports that 77-year-old Clifford Brandt walked to a creek near his home in Hillsboro to check out the rising waters Sunday afternoon, when he…