SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois State Fair has a new logo and a new theme. Illinois State Department of Agriculture Director Raymond Poe and State Fair Manager Kevin Gordon revealed the new logo in a press release. The logo features the word `Illinois’ in black letters, the words `State Fair’ in bright red letters…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri House has passed a bill to ban cities and counties from using red-light cameras. House members voted 125-30 Monday to send the bill to the Senate. The measure would prohibit the use of cameras to catch traffic violations such as speeding and running red lights. Supporters say it…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – House members have passed a bill to make Missouri the last state to adopt a prescription drug monitoring program. Lawmakers voted 102-54 Monday to create a database to track prescription drugs. The bill now heads to the Senate. Under Republican Rep. Holly Rehder’s proposal, doctors and pharmacists could see when…
( KTRS ) Chesterfield Police are searching for a missing elderly man. A Silver Advisory alert has been issued for 77 yr old Walter Stafford after he went missing on Monday. Stafford was last seen wearing a blue and green jacket with white shorts, and he was driving a Lexus with license plates reading UB6…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Kräftig and Kräftig Light have a new look. On Monday, the William K. Busch Brewing Company announced the launch of its rebranding campaign. Billy Busch, president and CEO of the William K. Busch Brewing Company, said the idea came from two of his children. “My kids said to me we need…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Missouri is taking a new approach to combating human trafficking. On Monday, Attorney General Josh Hawley announced new initiatives at St. Louis area safe house for human trafficking victims. “Human trafficking is the third largest criminal industry in the world, and the fastest growing. It is happening right here, in our…
Three people were killed and four others critically injured from an explosion at a box company in Soulard this morning. St. Louis Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson told reporters the blast occurred at the Loy-Lange Box Company on South Russell Boulevard, killing one person and critically injuring four others. The blast propelled a cast-iron boiler from…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – The National Weather Service is confirming that a tornado hit the community of Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, and flipped a mobile home, killing a woman and her 3-year-old daughter. The weather agency said Sunday that a tornado with peak winds of 110 mph traveled for nearly 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) on…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – St. Louis University Hospital plans to open the first building of a major capital project this week. The hospital will open a $12 million Center for Radiation Medicine on Tuesday. It’s the first structure in a capital project that will lead to replacing the current hospital. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports…
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) – Ferguson’s leadership has changed drastically since the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown put the St. Louis suburb at the center of the debate over the treatment of blacks by the nation’s police forces. The one constant has been Mayor James Knowles III, who is asking voters for another three years on…