St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A homeless man is facing charges with dealing the synthetic drug known as K2 in downtown St. Louis. Fifty-six-year-old John Darryel White has been charged with a felony count of delivery or manufacture of an imitation controlled substance. Last month hundreds of people, mostly the homeless, had overdosed on K2.…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Attorney General Lisa Madigan is encouraging Illinoisans to research what charities they donate to this holiday season. Madigan says it’s important to find out about an organization before donations are made “to ensure your contribution will be used to further the charitable mission you want to support.” Under state law charitable…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Boeing Co. will move the headquarters for its defense unit from St. Louis to the Washington, D.C., area. The move announced Tuesday by Chicago-based Boeing affects about a dozen top executives and some support staff. It will not impact the day-to-day operations for defense workers in St. Louis. A Boeing spokesman…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Transportation officials in Illinois are testing drones for bridge inspections and other potential uses. The Illinois Department of Transportation said in a news release Tuesday it has purchased two drones. The department is exploring how drones might improve mapping or document progress in work zones. Transportation officials say live-streaming video from…
( KTRS ) Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway will be in St. Louis today, visiting with County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch. The two will be meeting to discuss a “bipartisan effort to increase penalties for government officials who steal public dollars.” Also up for discussion, is legislation to provide additional tools for law enforcement when public…
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) – A suburban St. Louis man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for breaking into a home and kidnapping a 10-year-old girl who was sleeping on a couch. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 19-year-old John Classen of O’Fallon was sentenced Monday. He pleaded guilty in October to kidnapping,…
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ST. LOUIS (AP) – A suspected car thief and a passenger in his car are critically injured in a crash after leading police on a chase from East St. Louis, Illinois, into St. Louis. The crash happened around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. Authorities initially said one person was dead but later said that while he was…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A program is launching in St. Louis that will allow young people facing hunger to send a text message and receive a meal. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Not Impossible Labs of Venice, California, plans to launch a six-month pilot program in the city via Covenant House Missouri. Through the program,…
(KTRS) – Part of Granite City Steel will resume operations early next year. US Steel announced that the idled hot strip at Granite City Works will reopen in mid-February. Much of the facility was idled a year ago and the hot strip mill ceased operations in January. US Steel closed the plant due to challenging global…