SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois Democrats are pushing an ambitious minimum wage hike despite opposition from Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner. A House proposal would lift the state’s rate from $8.25 to $15 over five years. The change would be a more accelerated leap than previous adjustments, and it’s already tied up in Illinois’ electoral politics.…
( KTRS ) Police say an elderly couple, found dead early Sunday morning, died in an apparent murder suicide. Officers were conducting a welfare check, at a home in the 900 block of Parma Drive in West County, when they found the bodies of and 83-year-old man and an 80-year-old woman. Police believe the man…
Kansas City, Kansas (AP) _ Kansas City, Kansas, police and federal marshals are asking for the public’s help in finding a man accused of killing the sister of a girl whose kidnapping 17 years earlier sparked a massive manhunt before she was found dead in Missouri. Prosecutors in Kansas’ Wyandotte County have charged Emenencio Lansdown…
NEW YORK (AP) — Erin Moran, the former child star who played Joanie Cunningham in the sitcoms “Happy Days” and “Joanie Loves Chachi,” died Saturday at age 56. A statement from the sheriff’s department in Harrison County, Indiana, said the dispatcher “received a 911 call about an unresponsive female. Upon arrival of first responders, it…
ST. LOUIS (AP) St. Louis police have released the names of two utility workers who were shot to death, along with the name of the man they say shot the workers before turning the gun on himself. The shooting happened Thursday morning as the Laclede Gas employees were working in a residential area in St.…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois’s continued state budget problems have prompted S&P Global Ratings to downgrade the credit worthiness of six state universities and the City Colleges of Chicago . The credit house said it took the action because it’s possible lawmakers and Gov. Bruce Rauner will fail to agree on an annual budget by…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) The St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office has charged 43-year-old Kevin Thomas of the 4600 block of Cottage in the Ville neighborhood with manslaughter in the death of another St. Louis man Friday. Police were called to the residence Thursday morning and found 34-year-old Charles Petty suffering from a gunshot wound to his…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) Rain or shine, this weekend the second largest Earth Day celebration in the country is being held in Forest Park. Earth Day runs Saturday and Sunday, April 22 and 23, from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. and features educational exhibits and local nonprofits that offer information on everything green – from recycling to local food.…
ELGIN, ILL (AP) Prom season is just around the corner. This has Illinois State Police reminding young drivers to be safe. State police officials say they will conduct high-visibility patrols with “aggressive enforcement” of the “fatal four” violations: driving under the influence, speeding, failure to wear a safety belt, and distracted driving. Statistics show that vehicle…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) St. Louis police have released the names of the two Laclede Gas employees and the suspect in yesterday’s fatal shooting that killed all three men. The two employees who were working in the 59-hundred block of Minerva when they were gunned down are identified as 52-year-old William Froelich of the 3-thousand block of…