MACOUPIN COUNTY, ILL (KTRS) Investigators with the Major Case Squad now say they believe foul play is involved in the disappearance of a Macoupin County woman. The Major Case Squad reports it has spent 12 days investigating the disappearance of 37-year-old Denita Hedden, who was last seen January 25th, her birthday. That night, Hedden is believed…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) Charges of sexual assault have been filed against a teacher in the Parkway School District in St. Louis County. St. Louis County Police say 42-year-old Ronald Smith, Jr., has been charged with statutory rape, statutory sodomy and sexual contact of student by a teacher. Smith is being held on $150,000 bond. According…
EDWARDSVILLE, IL (KTRS) Edwardsville Police say they found “Mabel,” the mannequin which had been reported stolen from the Edwardsville Robert Stille Township Park, during the A-7 Corsair aircraft renovation this past summer. Police received a tip Jan. 24 of her whereabouts. A subsequent investigation was conducted and led to the location of “Mabel” at an Edwardsville…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) A candidate for the Parkway School Board who describes herself as a Confederate and who has posted anti-Islamic and racist comments on social media is coming under fire from local Muslim and Jewish groups. The Islamic Foundation of Greater St. Louis and the local chapter of the Jewish Voice for Peace say the…
SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth is pregnant. The Illinois Democrat says she will give birth to her second daughter this spring. It will make her the first U.S. senator to give birth while in office. In a statement Tuesday, Duckworth said she and her husband, Bryan, are thrilled their family is getting a little…
CHAMPAIGN, ILL (AP) U.S. prosecutors have told a judge they will seek the death penalty against a 28-year-old man charged with the kidnapping and killing of a University of Illinois scholar from China. Federal prosecutors filed a notice Friday with the U.S. District Court in central Illinois. It cites, among other factors, that Brendt Christensen’s alleged…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) A male black and white colobus monkey, also known as Guereza colobus (Guh-REZ-uh KAH-luh-bus), was born at the Saint Louis Zoo on Dec. 29, 2017. In a release from the zoo, the baby, who will be named by zookeepers at a later date, and his family can be seen at the Primate House…
MADISON COUNTY, ILL (KTRS) Metro East investigators are looking for a suspect who may be connected to as many as five armed robberies since late November. The robberies occurred at banks in Edwardsville, Alton and East Alton, Wood River and Godfery, Illinois. Nobody was hurt. Capt. Mike Dixon with the Madison County Sheriff’s Department says he…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) Missouri transportation officials say their crews will be out ahead of the winter storm forecast this Sunday. According to the National Weather Service (NWS), freezing rain and ice are expected all day Sunday. MODOT notes the ground and roads are frozen thanks to two weeks of subfreezing temperatures, and they say this could…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) St. Louis police are asking the public for help in their search for a man they say walked into a White Castle in the 4500 block of South Kingshighway Dec. 22, 2017, and made off with an unknown amount of cash. Police say the man walked into the fast food restaurant, placed…