SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) — Officials say attendance at this year’s Illinois State Fair declined 8 percent from last year. The fair in Springfield attracted about 369,140. However, officials say fairgoers appeared to spend more money than in 2017, according to an early look at vendors’ sales receipts. More than 401,600 people attended the 2017 fair,…
OSCEOLA, MO (AP) — The St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department says the deaths of two men in a shooting at a convenience store appear to be a murder-suicide. KYTV reports the shooting happened Friday morning at “The Port” convenience store in Osceola. Sheriff Scott Keeler says he believes the deaths stemmed from a child custody dispute. He…
JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) — An Arkansas man has been sentenced to consecutive life terms for killing his ex-girlfriend and her grandfather in southwestern Missouri. Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley announced the sentence Friday for 40-year-old Christopher Paschall of Springdale, Arkansas. A jury found Paschall guilty of two counts of first-degree murder and other charges…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The St. Louis Art Fair closed early on Friday evening due to threatening weather. The following message was posted on its website: St. Louis Art Fair officials have learned of a potentially problematic round of weather coming from the south, heading into the St. Louis area. As a result, we have…
By JIM SALTER , Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The remnants of Tropical Depression Gordon are expected to drop heavy rain across much of Missouri through the weekend, creating a risk of flooding and flash-flooding. The National Weather Service says south-central Missouri and the St. Louis area could get up to 6 inches of…
BELLEVILLE, IL (AP) — A Las Vegas man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of his 6-year-old daughter whose remains were found in an Illinois garage last year. St. Clair County, Illinois, prosecutors charged Jason Quate, 35, Thursday in the death of his youngest daughter Alysha after an autopsy determined she died…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Mayor Lyda Krewson is collaborating with other city and state officials. She hosted a city tour Friday afternoon with guests’ Governor Mike Parson and Kansas City Mayor Sly James. Krewson stated, “This is really an exciting day for us, to be able to have Mayor Sly James and Governor Mike Parson…
Arnold, MO (KTRS) A bomb threat against Fox High School prompted this morning’s evacuation of students and staff. Jim Wipke Superintendent Jim Wipke sent the following message to parents: Dear Parents, I want to update you on a serious situation that occurred this morning on the campus of Fox High School. Earlier this morning, we…
Overland, MO (KTRS) The group “Forward Through Ferguson” is sharing its State of the Report results with the community. On Thursday night the first of three town halls was held in Overland. About 50 people turned out for the event to learn about the progress on the recommendation made by the Ferguson Commission. Yinka Faleti,…
(KTRS) Two brothers are killed after reportedly leading several Metro East police Departments on a chase in a stolen car. 28-year-old Rodney L. Williams… and 21-year-old Thomas C. Williams from Alton were pronounced dead at the scene. The brothers wrecked into a tanker truck on route 111 at New Poag Road…around 10:30 Wednesday night…111 was…