CHICAGO (AP) – A major credit rating agency has again downgraded Illinois’ rating, citing the “unprecedented failure” to approve a state budget. Fitch Ratings lowered the rating Wednesday on nearly $26 billion of general obligation bonds from BBB+ to BBB. That’s a few levels above “junk” status. Illinois already has the worst rating of any…
( KTRS ) A man is said to be in stable condition after being shot Wednesday evening. Police report a male victim in his 40’s was shot once in the chest around 6:45 pm yesterday near the intersection of Taylor and Aldine Ave. The man was conscious and breathing when taken to the hospital. No…
NIXA, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is laying out his plans for the state budget amid financial strain and lagging revenue. Greitens is to announce his proposed budget Thursday at a Nixa public school. He broke from tradition by not outlining his budget during his January State of the State address. Greitens’ budget…
( KTRS ) Two men have been charged after the body of a missing woman was found in a St. Clair County landfill. St. Louis Police report that 23 yr old Brandy Morrison went missing on January 28th. On Tuesday her body was found in the landfill. 40-year-old Courtney Williams and 51-year-old Paulren Stepter have…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Ken Hitchcock is out of a job. The St. Louis Blues announced this morning that they have relieved Hitchcock of his head coaching duties. Assistant Mike Yeo has been promoted to replace him. Yeo was supposed to succeed Hitchcock after this season, the veteran coach’s final season in St. Louis. Despite…
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) – A former Edwardsville police officer has pleaded guilty to six felony counts over two years after he was charged with a long string of burglaries. Forty-three-year-old Brian Barker pleaded guilty to four burglary charges and one charge each of official misconduct and aggravated possession of stolen firearms. Barker was arrested in…
( KTRS ) A pedestrian was struck and killed Tuesday night on Interstate 70 near Lake St. Louis. The Missouri Highway Patrol reports that the victim has been identified as 30 yr old Amanda Greer, of Pacific. She was reportedly struck three times in the westbound lanes around 6 p.m last night. Troopers report that Greer…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is lashing out against two Republican senators who didn’t vote against a pay raise for themselves and other elected officials. Greitens in a Tuesday Facebook post accused Sens. Denny Hoskins and Paul Wieland of betraying their constituents. At issue was a proposed pay increase for legislators…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s No. 2 Republican state senator is proposing a $10 limit on lobbyist gifts to elected officials. The legislation Majority Leader Mike Kehoe pitched to a Senate panel Tuesday wouldn’t completely ban gifts, as Republican Gov. Eric Greitens has called on lawmakers to do. Instead it would limit lobbyists to…
( KTRS ) A man was shot in the face Tuesday night while driving on west bound I-70. Police say the shooting happened near Adelaide around 8 pm. the victim was taken to hospital in critical, but stable condition. No more details have been released at this time.