Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) Kansas Governor Laura Kelly and Missouri Governor Mike Parson are collaborating to bring two USDA agencies to the area. In a joint bipartisan letter to Ag. Secretary Sonny Perdue, the Governors cited both states’ deep ties to production agriculture and food processing. They encouraged the USDA to select the Kansas City…
St. Louis County police are searching for the gunman who killed a man in broad daylight at a MetroLink light rail station. Police Sgt. Benjamin Granda says the shooting happened just before noon Wednesday at St. Charles Rock Road in Pagedale. The victim was pronounced dead at a hospital. His name has not been released.…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — The St. Louis Blues are marching into the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in decades. Pretty sweet moment for Vladimir Tarasenko and Co. David Perron had a goal and an assist, Jordan Binnington picked up his franchise-record 12th playoff win and the Blues eliminated the San Jose Sharks…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Protesters gathered in downtown St. Louis on Tuesday to voice their concerns of the passage of a bill that will ban abortions at eight weeks. Hundreds of demonstrators from several pro-choice groups rallied for what they called the National Day of Action for Abortion Rights. Nikia Paulette, lead grassroots organizer in…
Rough weather is headed for the St. Louis area. Get ready for high winds, large hail, and the possibility of tornadoes this evening as severe thunderstorms approach. The storms are expected to arrive after 6:00 this evening. Heavy rain is expected to continue across most of Missouri as a line of storms moves through the…
Affton, MO (KTRS) Tower Tee, which closed last July amidst plans to turn the site into a housing development, now appears that it will reopen. The Affton golf and recreation center, which had been in business for 55 years, was purchased in February by McBride Homes and J.H. Berra Construction. The developers intended to build…
Chicago, IL (KTRS) The Illinois Department of Central Management Services says that its Suburban North Regional Office Building will be closed Monday due to a power outage. CMS says the following departments will be shut down as a result: Revenue, Natural Resources, Human Services, Financial & Professional Regulation, Agriculture, and Emergency Management – along with…
St. Louis MO (KTRS) Police in Maryland Heights are trying to figure out how a man died following the Dave Matthews concert earlier this week. Police say forty-four-year-old Jason Smith of Jefferson City, Missouri, was taken to the hospital with two head injuries after being found on a concrete walkway inside the amphitheater. 13KRCG reports…
Missouri’s Republican-led House has passed a sweeping bill to ban abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy on lawmakers’ final day in session Friday, joining Alabama and several other states that have moved recently to severely restrict the procedure. The ban is among the most restrictive in the U.S. It includes exceptions for medical emergencies, but…
Springfield, IL (KTRS) A giant sculpture of Abraham Lincoln is coming to Springfield, Illinois. The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and the City of Springfield are hosting an exhibition featuring Artist Seward Johnson’s “Return Visit.” The work is described as an enlarged version of Johnson’s original work of art commissioned for Gettysburg Plaza in Pennsylvania. will…