Ladue, MO (KTRS) Members of Westboro Baptist Church plan to gather outside of John Burroughs School in Ladue on Monday in protest of a student-gay athlete.. The protest centers around football player Jake Bain who revealed his sexual orientation last fall. In response to the protest, students, staff, and community members are holding a counter…
SARAH ZIMMERMAN, Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Democratic candidates for governor say it’s time for the state to legalize recreational marijuana, while Republican candidates oppose the idea. Nine states and Washington, D.C, have already legalized recreational marijuana. Democrats seeking their party’s nomination for governor say it’s time the state follow suit, arguing the move…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers are threatening to make “painful cuts” to a state department’s funding for refusing to release information about a virus that killed a state employee last year. Republican Rep. Justin Alferman first proposed Wednesday at a House budget committee hearing a 10 percent budget reduction for administrative staff at…
IMPERIAL, Mo. (AP) — Police are investigating the death of a woman whose burned body was found just off a road in Jefferson County. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the badly burned body was found Friday afternoon in Imperial, on a patch of gravel just off Sulphur Springs Road. Imperial is about 25 miles…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police say two men have been found dead inside a St. Louis home with gunshot wounds to their head. Police say the men were found Friday night in the home of the Vandeventer neighborhood. Police say both men are in their 40s, but did not give their names or other details…
O’Fallon, MO (KTRS) The search for a missing O’Fallon man is over after he is found dead on Friday. The family made the announcement on the Find Adam Tumbrink Facebook page: With great sadness, the Tumbrink Family announce the loss of Adam Tumbrink. At this time, we ask for complete privacy and respect for the…
By SUMMER BALLENTINE and JIM SALTER, Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The ex-husband of a woman who had an extramarital affair with Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens testified for an hour and a half Friday before a House committee doing its own investigation into the indicted governor, the man’s lawyer said. Attorney Al Watkins told…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri police officer who was killed in a shooting that wounded two other officers will be buried next week. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said in a tweet that the services for Clinton Officer Christopher Ryan Morton will start at 11 a.m. Monday at the Benson Convention Center in…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A suspect is being sought in connection with a deadly hit and run in north St. Louis. Police have identified the victim as Dennis White, 55, of the 1500 block of Sullivan. He was struck while walking near Florissant and Sullivan just before just before 6:30 p.m. Thursday. White was taken to…
O’Fallon, MO (KTRS) The search is on after the mysterious disappearance of a father from St. Charles County. Police say 39-year-old Adam Tumbrink of O’Fallon hasn’t been seen since Tuesday. His vehicle was found in a parking lot on Highway K near I-64 on Thursday, with his cellphone inside. Anyone with any information is urged to…