MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Observers representing Democrat Hillary Clinton, Republican Donald Trump and Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein are spread out throughout Wisconsin to watch as ballots are recounted. Trump’s Wisconsin campaign director Pete Meachum was in Madison on Thursday for the start of the recount. Meachum says the campaign had people in every…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) One person is dead and another is injured following two separate shooting in the Castle Point neighborhood of north county. Police say a 17-year-old boy was shot in the foot in the 10000 block of Baron Drive at around 9:45 p.m. Thursday. The victim was treated and released from an…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Today is World AIDS Day. This has the St. Louis and St. Louis County Health departments offering free HIV screening today. AREA TESTING SITES: North Central Community Health Center 4000 Jennings Station Road Pine Lawn, MO 63121 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Missouri History Museum 5700 Lindell Blvd St. Louis, MO…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A fundraiser is being held today for a Hazelwood police officer who was left paralyzed from a traffic accident last summer. Dozens of area restaurants are participating in the “Tables For Tudor” event to benefit Officer Craig Tudor. A portion of the proceeds from the fundraiser will go to Officer Tudor…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – An Illinois House committee has endorsed a late-hour compromise on a monstrous energy plan originally designed to keep two unprofitable nuclear plants open. The Energy Committee approved the deal worth hundreds of millions of dollars annually to Exelon Corp. on a 9-1 vote Wednesday night. It’s readied for a House floor…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The reward has climbed to more than $82,000 for information leading to an arrest in the death of a St. Louis bar owner. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports (http://j.mp/2fMD836) 57-year-old Patrick McVey was shot to death in his SUV on Nov. 9. McVey was a co-owner of Maggie O’Brien’s Restaurant &…
( KTRS ) A man was taken to hospital in critical condition after being shot in the chest Wednesday night. Police say the man was shot around 8 p.m. in the 2600 block of Countryside Drive in what appears to be a domestic incident. One suspect was taken into custody. No further details have been…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois house has approved a symbolic measure expressing opposition to passing an income-tax increase during a lame-duck session when fewer votes are required and outgoing legislators don’t have to worry about re-election. Legislators approved a resolution on the matter on a vote of 87 to 12 Wednesday. Resolutions are not…
( KTRS ) Authorities have issued an endangered person advisory for a missing 18-month-old girl. Kenadie Lipsey was last seen on the Tuesday November 29th. Police say Kenadie’s father, 26 yr old Kendall Lipsey, told her mother she would never see the child again, and then left with her. The incident happened in the 1000…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois General Assembly approved a measure allowing home health care workers to get overtime pay for work over 40 hours a week. The 68-42 vote in the House Wednesday would allow disabled people aided by visiting workers to keep familiar faces helping them even if work exceeds 40 hours in…