St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis Police are asking for your help in identifying a suspect in a homicide. According to police, officers responded to a shooting call at the M & A Market in the 4200 block of Natural Bridge just after 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon. Upon arrival, they found a black male with…
JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) — Missouri lawmakers plan to make another attempt at legalizing sports betting just months after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a federal law that has restricted most states from allowing bets on sports. The Missouri Legislature will likely consider joining at least six other states that have started offering wagers…
TAYLORVILLE, IL (AP) — Residents in central Illinois are assessing damage from rare December tornados that ripped roofs off homes, downed power lines and injured at least 20 people. The Springfield Journal Register reports the National Weather Service sent crews Sunday to survey the hardest-hit areas, including Taylorville, 25 miles (40 kilometers) southeast of Springfield. Assistant Fire…
AURORA, MO (AP) — Authorities in southwestern Missouri say strong storms that swept the region have left one person dead. Aurora Fire Chief Robert Ward tells television station KYTV that one person inside an Aurora motel just off Highway 39 was killed as a storm passed through. Authorities have not released the person’s name or details of…
SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) — Illinois turns 200 on Monday. And the state has a gala celebration planned The Illinois Bicentennial party that organizers have arranged at Chicago’s Navy Pier will be at times solemn, like a Cahokia Woodhenge solstice observed 1,000 years ago by some of the state’s earliest inhabitants near St. Louis, and at…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS)Â St. Louis has scored another goal is its quest to bring an MLS team to the city. On Friday, the St. Louis Board of Aldermen approved a a resolution in support of a soccer stadium aimed at attracting a Major League Soccer franchise. The measure passed by a vote of 26-2…
St. Louis, MOÂ (KTRS)Â Â St. Louis is a step closer to scoring a goal of getting Major League Soccer. The full St. Louis Board of Aldermen is scheduled to vote Friday morningon a resolution in support of a soccer stadium aimed at attracting a Major League Soccer franchise. It unanimously passed out of a committee on…
Author: Glenn Fuselier Published: November 30th 3:00 Am CST (KTRS)Â St. Louis MOÂ A St. Louis man is convicted of rape, burglary and kidnapping after a jury found him guilty yesterday for the assault against a Washington University Medical student. Prosecutors say a shirtless 28-year-old Jared Hurst broke into to the woman’s home in the…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri voters have approved medical marijuana, but it remains unclear whether thousands of welfare recipients will lose benefits if they opt for it. The Missouri Department of Social Services told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that the question remains under review, and offered no timeline for a decision. “The Department of…
By JIM SALTER , Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Three St. Louis police officers were indicted Thursday for allegedly beating an undercover colleague during a 2017 protest and, along with a fourth officer, conspiring to cover up the crime. The U.S. Department of Justice announced the indictments of Officers Dustin Boone, Randy Hays, Christopher…