( KTRS ) The Illinois State Police want motorists to know, that with the new years comes some new laws. One law that goes into effect on January 1st, is the “Move Over” law, that requires motorists change lanes when approaching a stopped emergency vehicle with flashing lights. Starting Sunday that law will also apply…
Authorities have identified a man whose body was discovered in a car pulled from the Mississippi River in Grafton, IL. The Belleville News-Democrat reports that the Jersey County Coroner has identified the deceased as 26 yr old James Edward Smith, of Florissant. Witnesses told police they saw the car enter the river Saturday night near…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – St. Louis’ prosecutor has asked a judge to appoint state prosecutors to the retrial of a man once condemned for his alleged role in the deaths of two sisters pushed from an abandoned Mississippi River bridge. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Jennifer Joyce’s chief prosecutor argued Wednesday to Circuit Judge…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Five women are being sought in connection with a south St. Louis burglary. Police say four of the suspects distracted an employee at the Bahn Mi So Restaurant on South Grand on December 1st. That’s when the fifth suspect headed down to the basement of the business, which leads to…
Creve Coeur, MO (KTRS) The cause of a fire at a west county church is being investigated. A fire broke out Tuesday night in the sanctuary at St. Monica’s Catholic Church in Creve Coeur. No one was injured in the fire, but the church was heavily damaged. Wednesday morning Mass was moved to the parish…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A St. Louis man is accused of striking his younger sister with his car after getting drunk. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the 53-year-old man and his 39-year-old sister were drinking together Monday night when he became irate and assaulted her. Police say the man left in a vehicle, returned,…
Starting in January TV crews with A&E’s show “The First 48” will be following homicide detectives in St. Louis. The show’s title “The First 48” refers to a term used by police, in which, those cases that are not solved in the first two days are less likely to be solved at all. The current…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A recent report by a Missouri task force says the state’s public universities and community colleges should not stray from the types of degrees their institutions can grant unless they have a good reason to do so. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Missouri lawmakers asked the task force, made up…
( KTRS ) Authorities are investigating a double shooting. Police say the shooting took place just before 11 pm Tuesday night near the intersection of Whittier and Dr Martin Luther King Drive. Two victims were found at the scene and taken to an area hospital, their conditions remain unknown at this time.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Gov.-elect Eric Greitens has chosen a northeast Missouri woman to be the next director of the Missouri Department of Agriculture. Greitens announced on his Facebook page Tuesday that he had chosen Chris Chinn, 41, to lead the department. She and her husband, Kevin, are fifth-generation farmers who raise hogs,…