RIDGEDALE, Mo. (AP) – Instead of panicking, Johnny Morris saw an adventure worth digging into when a massive sinkhole swallowed tons of earth at his exquisite golf course deep in the Missouri Ozarks. Experts urged the 68-year-old founder of outdoors megastore Bass Pro Shops to fill the 40-foot-deep hole at Top of the Rock Golf…
( KTRS ) Police in a central Illinois are searching for the suspect in a weekend shooting of a police officer. Saturday night around 10:45 p.m., a Mahomet Police Officer conducted a traffic stop involving 35 yr old Dracy “Clint” Pendleton. Authorities haven’t stated why, but during the traffic stop the officer and Pendleton exchanged…
Urbana, IL (AP) – A bald eagle found with a gunshot wound in Southern Illinois is recovering and is expected to fly again after having surgery this week. The News-Gazette reports the 1-year-old female eagle had surgery Thursday at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital. The gunshot wound was found in a CT scan…
Columbia, MO (KTRS) A suspect is being sought after shots were fired on the Columbia campus of the University of Missouri. Police say the incident happened late Friday night near Tradition Plaza. No injuries were reported and there’s no word on a motive. The suspect is described as an African-American male with dreadlocks, 5 feet…
Imperial, MO (KTRS) Investigators are trying to determine if a body discovered in Imperial on Friday is that of a missing teenager. Police say the remain were found along the 5000 block of U.S. 61. Last week 18-year-old Devin Sledge was reported missing. Sledge had reportedly threatened to harm himself prior to his disappearance, according…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Parents, students and graduates of a St. Louis-area school district are making the case for shedding an unaccredited designation, which allows students to transfer to better-performing schools. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education officials heard Thursday from backers of the Riverview Gardens School…
JEFFERSON, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri bill that lowers fees for minor traffic and ordinance violations has advanced from the state Senate. Senators voted unanimously Friday in favor of the proposal, which needs another House vote before the session ends May 13. The proposal would lower the cap on minor traffic violation fines from $300…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Ethics Commission will investigate whether state Sen. Kurt Schaefer pressured the University of Missouri to block Josh Hawley from running for Missouri attorney general. The announcement Thursday reverses a decision made last week by James Klahr, executive director of the commission. He had said the commission didn’t have…
