JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens says he’s reversing previous state policy and allowing the Department of Natural Resources to issue grants to religious organizations. In a statement Thursday Greitens said that religious organizations can now apply for grants for programs such as playground surfaces, school field trip transportation and recycling efforts.…
( KTRS ) One teen is dead and two others are injured after a drive-by shooting in University City. Police say the shooting happened around 10:30 Thursday morning when shots rang out in the 8300 block of Braddock. Upon arrival officers found 17 yr old Taylor Simpson lying on the sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds.…
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) – A law enforcement task force has started a tip line to collect information about public corruption in Southern Illinois. U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois Donald Boyce and St. Clair County State’s Attorney Brendan Kelly say the phone number will be advertised on billboards. The task force investigates…
ST. LOUIS (AP) The St. Louis Cardinals say Hall of Fame outfielder Lou Brock was recently diagnosed with blood cancer. The 77-year-old Brock was supposed to appear at a Busch Stadium event on April 25, but that has been canceled while he is undergoing treatment for multiple myeloma. His left leg was amputated below the knee…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) Community leaders on both sides of the river are taking steps to make MetroLink safer in response to two recent murders. St. Louis Mayor-elect Lyda Krewson and St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger met with St. Clair County Board Chairman Mark Kern to discuss their safety plan. That plan is expected to be presented…
MADISON, ILL (AP) The Major Case Squad has been called in a case involving the death of a Madison, Illinois, man who was found lying by the side of a road this past weekend. Early Sunday, Madison Illinois Police responded to a call of a man lying on Big Bend Road, just east of Illinois Route…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) A Silver Alert for a missing elderly woman from north county has been canceled. The woman has been found safe. Police say 85-year-old Sallie Pearl Williams, who suffers from Alzheimer’s, had not been seen since leaving her Velda Village home around midnight. Williams left her residence on foot in unknown direction…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Springfield officials are shrinking plans for a second water-supply lake. The (Springfield) State Journal-Register reports (http://bit.ly/2p7AFJ5 ) the proposed Hunter Lake would pump up to 12 million gallons per day. The maximum capacity in earlier designs was 21 million gallons. Ted Meckes is water division manager for City Water, Light and…
( KTRS ) Authorities have apprehend a second suspect in connection with the death of Monica Sykes. Police report that they have arrested Jermaine Benjamin, he is the brother of Ray Ellis who is already in custody and charged with second degree murder. Benjamin has been charged with tampering with physical evidence and is being…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri House and Senate budgeters want to spend $100,000 on the state’s Amber Alert system. The Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday locked in a House plan to replace and expand the alert system for missing children. Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Dan Brown says the company providing the program went bankrupt,…