ST. LOUIS (AP) – A Kentucky woman afflicted by cystic fibrosis has died five days after losing her husband to the same genetic lung disease. Andrew Carpenter, the owner of Carpenter, Fritz & Vice Funeral Home in Flemingsburg, Kentucky, says 26-year-old Katie Prager died Thursday and that funeral arrangements are pending. Prager’s husband, 25-year-old Dalton Prager,…
( KTRS ) Drivers will once again be able to use Beaumont-Antire Road to access I-44. A MODOT official says construction and repairs finished early on the outer roadway, so it should be open Friday. The roadway closed August 15 and was scheduled to remain closed for 45 days. Weather permitting, MODOT will reopen the section…
( KTRS ) The search for a missing 13 yr old and her new born son continues. Last week 39 yr old Christopher Derleth, reportedly kidnapped his step-daughter, 13 yr old Katherine Elizabeth and her new born son. The three are believed to be in West Virginia. Authorities now say that Katherine has a pacemaker,…
Ferguson, MO Â (KTRS) Â A town hall meeting will be held tonight on the election hold of the Ferguson-Florissant School District. The ACLU and the NAACP are hosting the event to discuss the case with residents. Last month, a federal judge ruled that the Voting Right’s Act was violated. At issue is African-American representation on the…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Â A ruling from a district judge is impacting Rams fans who bought personal seat licences in St. Louis. District Judge Judge Stephen Limbaugh Jr. ruled on Wednesday that fans who bought their PSLs through the Rams will be allowed to buy season tickets for the games in Los Angeles. Those who…
The fourth suspect, connected to the fatal shooting of a Central West End woman has been taken in custody. The Post Dispatch reports that 18 yr old Damonte Dixon, of O’Fallon, Mo., has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action. 54 yr old Monica Shaw was killed, in an attempted robbery,…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A judge says a proposal to allow medical marijuana in Missouri won’t go to voters this year. Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green ruled Wednesday that the initiative petitions lacked enough valid signatures to qualify for the Nov. 8 ballot. Secretary of State Jason Kander previously said the measure fell…
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say more than two dozen guns, an inert rocket launcher and a handwritten letter threatening Congressional officials are among the items seized from a mentally ill Springfield man’s duplex. The Springfield News-Leader reports that recently unsealed court documents say the discovery was made earlier this month at the home of…
