SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois legislators are joining a national flurry of efforts to curb laws that allow police to confiscate property even if the owner isn’t convicted of a crime. The contentious practice permits law enforcement to permanently seize vehicles, cash and other property associated with illegal activity and profit from it. The Illinois…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri lawmakers are considering a prohibition on the use of state funds for sobriety checkpoints. The Missouri House voted Thursday in support of the ban in a budget bill. Supporters of the shift say it will free up departments to use money for other, more effective methods to deter impaired…
( KTRS ) A shooting on West Florissant in now being investigated as a homicide. The shooting took place Sunday just before noon in the 5300 block. Police say a woman was shot and taken to the hospital, but later died from her injuries. Homicide detectives are now handling the investigation. No further details have…
ST. LOUIS COUNTY (KTRS) Kinloch firefighters walked off their jobs this weekend in a dispute over their district board. Fire officials contend the board treats the department with disrespect and racial discrimination. They say they refuse to end their leave of absence and return to their jobs until their grievances are addressed. In the meantime,…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) Fans began lining up before dawn Sunday to pay their final respects to Chuck Berry, the rock ‘n roll legend who passed away last month at the age of 90. The family held a public viewing of his open casket at the Pageant Concert Club on Delmar Boulevard, which had been cordoned…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) A St. Charles County circuit judge has granted a change of venue for the murder trial of Pamela Hupp, who authorities say killed a man she found at random in an effort to incriminate another man involved in a previous murder case in which Hupp was a key witness. Circuit Judge Jon Cunningham…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) The family of the late Chuck Berry along with friends and fans are paying their last respects to the rock ‘n roll icon this weekend at the Pageant in St. Louis. Joe Edwards, owner of Blueberry Hill where Berry performed hundreds of shows over the years, asked everyone to raise a toast…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) Thousands of fans of comics, movies, popular TV shows and everything entertainment in between are crowding into America’s Center in downtown St. Louis this weekend for Wizard World Comic Con. The annual convention attracts thousands of comic fans as well as celebrities from popular TV shows and films to podcasts and the…
WASHINGTON, DC (AP) The Supreme Court says Neil Gorsuch will be sworn in as the 113th justice on Monday in separate ceremonies at the court and the White House. Justices take two oaths, one required by the Constitution and the other set by federal law. Chief Justice John Roberts will administer the constitutional oath to Gorsuch…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A man is dead after shots were fired outside of a north St. Louis bar overnight. Police say more than two dozens shots rang out around midnight along Kossuth near Grand. One man was hit in the gunfire. He was rushed to the hospital, where he later died. There’s no word…