JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri House members are advancing a proposal to spend roughly $242 million more than expected this year. House members in a voice vote Monday gave initial approval to the additional state spending for this fiscal year, which ends in June. About $45 million would come from state general revenue, with…
NORMAL, Ill. (AP) – Some Amtrak trains operating between Chicago and St. Louis will stop running while upgrades designed to enable trains to reach 110 mph. The affected Texas Eagle and Lincoln Service trains will halt starting April 3. Those services will be replaced with buses. The Illinois Department of Transportation says some trains will…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) MLS Commissioner Don Garber will visit St. Louis today to rally support for the proposed soccer stadium project ahead of the election. St. Louis City voters will decide on two propositions next week that will determine whether public funding will be used to help finance the construction of a new soccer…
Lincoln County, MO (KTRS) Jury selection is set to begin on Monday in a civil lawsuit accusing the St. Louis Archdiocese and Archbishop Robert Carlson for failing to discipline a priest charged with molesting a Lincoln County teenager. The suit filed by the teen and her family alleges that church leaders knew Reverend Joseph Jiang…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Two suspects are in custody in connection with the fatal shooting at the Busch Stadium MetroLink station. Over the weekend 21-year-old Warren Whitehead and 19-year-old Marvin Anthony Burt were charged with second-degree murder. Police say the victim, 51-year-old Mac Payne, was standing on the MetroLink platform on the night of March…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) A north-central Missouri mother is facing up to 30 years in prison after a St. Louis County jury found her guilty of poisoning her son. That verdict was handed down on Thursday for 36-year-old Rachel Kinsella. The Meadville, Missouri woman was convicted on charges of first-degree assault and child endangerment.…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is backing a contested health care overhaul proposed in the U.S. House. Greitens joined seven other Republican governors in a Thursday letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan voicing support of the bill. The letter comes as President Donald Trump and…
( KTRS ) More information has been released after a pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run Wednesday night in north St. Louis County. The victim has now been identified as 68 yr old Erick Kimani, 68, of St. Louis County. He was struck after 8 p.m. near N. Lindbergh and Mondoubleau Lane. Upon arrival, officers…
CHICAGO (AP) – An Illinois physician has reached an agreement with the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation that limits his ability to make pot recommendations. In 2015, Illinois regulators contended Dr. Bodo Schneider charged patients for pot recommendations at offices in southern Illinois and suburban Chicago without a legitimate doctor-patient relationship. Schneider approved…
( KTRS ) Update: Alexander has been located safely. St. Louis County Police are searching for a missing 82-year-old woman. June Alexander hasn’t been seen since Wednesday afternoon, when she spoke with her nephew. Police say that Alexander is diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s. She is described as an African American woman, 5′ 02″,…