An armed bank robber is on-the-run in O’Fallon, Missouri and police are urging residents to stay inside while they search for the suspect. Dardenne Elementary School was on lockdown while police searched the area. The robbery took place at around 11:30 Thursday morning at the Reliance Bank in the 2600 block of Highway K. The…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Authorities have rescued several people stranded by flooding in northwest Missouri. The State Highway Patrol said in a tweet that water patrol troopers worked into the night Wednesday in and around Craig. Four people were pulled from homes, while three were rescued from a boat that ran out of gas.…
Collinsville, IL (KTRS)Â An Illinois State trooper is hospitalized after being hit by a passing motorist while investigating an accident. Police say this happened at just before 11 p.m. Wednesday when the trooper was standing outside of his vehicle along I-55 at i-255 in Collinsville. The trooper was airlifted to an area hospital with serious…
Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) The Missouri Department of Conservation is looking for leads regarding the two elk shot in Shannon County last month. The Conservation Federation of Missouri and Operation Game Thief are now offering a $8,500 reward for information leading to the conviction of the poachers. Agents say that no parts of either animal…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two men are hospitalized after separate and unrelated officer-involved shootings a few hours apart in St. Louis County. A 61-year-old man was shot by a University City officer around 6 a.m. Tuesday. A woman told police her husband was armed and making threats. She escaped the house but the man allegedly…
Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) Governor Mike Parson is urging Missourians to use caution around floodwater as Missouri River levels near cresting at major flood stage in some Missouri communities. The Governor cautions that despite Missouri River crests this week, flooding will remain a hazard well into the spring because of a combination of additional snow…
Ferguson, MOÂ (KTRS)Â House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D) California made a stop in the St. Louis-area on Monday afternoon to rally support for two key pieces of Democratic legislation. Pelosi joined Congressman Lacy Clay(D) Missouri, and other elected officials as well as community leaders at the Urban League Empowerment Center in Ferguson for the purpose…
NEW YORK (AP) — Saint Louis coach Travis Ford could feel a shift about eight minutes into the second half of the Atlantic 10 Tournament championship game. The Billikens had trailed St. Bonaventure almost the whole way to that point — by as much as 15 in the first half — but Ford could sense…
NEAR STAUNTON, IL (KTVI) – A police pursuit from Glen Carbon Illinois ends near Staunton Illinois with a suspect dead and Illinois State Trooper shot. The incident started in Glen Carbon around 3:45 pm after an armed carjacking in the area of a Sam’s Club. Officers responding to the carjacking spotted the suspect vehicle and…
Richmond Heights, MOÂ (KTRS)Â A new memorial to honor those who lost their lives in the Vietnam War has come to the heartland. An exact replica of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, DC. has been built in Perryville, Missouri. On Thursday night, some of those behind this initiative held a dinner with members of…