( KTRS ) County Council members are considering a new prescription drug monitoring program for St. Charles County. A public hearing was held Monday night to discuss creating a new measure that would allow the County to operate a program, parallel to similar programs in St. Louis city and county, designed to prevent drug abuse. Those…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – A group of clergy and union members rallied outside the Illinois state Capitol to protest what they say is Gov. Bruce Rauner’s efforts to cut social service costs. Springfield home-care provider and Service Employees International Union member Gail Hamilton on Monday called Rauner and legislators who stand with him “immoral.” The…
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(KTRS) – Area around Grand and Interstate 44 will be a bit chaotic for the next two weeks. Monday, MoDOT closed the ramp from Grand to eastbound I-44. Crews will be laying new asphalt to connect the ramp to the new Grand bridge. Drivers will not be able to get onto eastbound 44 from Grand…
(KTRS) – Target plans to hire more than 70,000 employees for the holiday season. There will be hiring events at all 1,800 stores on October 14 and 15. Applications will also be taken online. This is about the same number of workers the retailer hire last year.
(KTRS) – Two 14-year-old boys are in custody connected to the murder of a 71-year-old man last week. Police say they are still looking for a third suspect who is 16-years-old. Steve White was shot and killed early Friday morning in Jennings. The teens were taken into custody Monday and are being held by family…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri lawmakers are attempting to expand Gov. Jay Nixon’s already historic status at the state’s most overridden governor. Since Nixon took office in 2009, the Republican-led Legislature has overridden 83 vetoes of bills and budget expenditures by the Democratic governor. That’s nearly four times the combined total of all other…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Stray Rescue of St. Louis is in urgent need of the public’s help. The no-kill shelter is set to begin a remodeling project Wednesday on its intake area. This means about 50 dogs will need to be placed in foster care during the project, which could take up to eight weeks.…