SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) — The hunt for auctioneers to settle a $9.7 million debt by selling off parts of a valuable collection of Lincoln artifacts, including an iconic stovepipe hat and gloves bloodied the night he was assassinated, began Wednesday, but the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Foundation cautioned a sale isn’t imminent. The foundation voted…
SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) — The Latest on Illinois Republicans’ political rally at Governor’s Day at the Illinois State Fair (all times local): 4:30 p.m. Gov. Bruce Rauner has rallied Republicans at the Illinois State Fair by bashing Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan and promising to make the GOP the “majority party.” The first-term Republican rounded…
O’Fallon, MO (KTRS) Two students and a bus driver are recovering after a school bus overturned in O’Fallon. This happened at just after 7 a.m. Wednesday when the school bus was headed to North Middle School in the Fort Zumwalt School District crashed and overturned in a ditch along Hickory Hill at Genteman. The bus driver…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) An investigation is underway after two sisters in their fifties were found dead in their north St. Louis home. Police say the boyfriend of one the sisters found made the discoveryTuesday morning at a home in the 3100 block of Whittier Street. Haz mat was called in after preliminary tests of air…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Senator Claire McCaskill continues to speak out against the lawsuit Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley joined challenging the Affordable Care Act. The Democratic lawmaker held a roundtable in midtown St. Louis on Tuesday with those who have pre-existing medical conditions. McCaskill said at issue is that the lawsuit aims to wipe…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) Barnes-Jewish Hospital and its physician partners at Washington University School of Medicine are once again among the nation’s elite medical centers on the latest U.S. News & World Report’s annual Honor Roll of “America’s Best Hospitals,” ranking number eleven in the country. Barnes-Jewish Hospital is also again ranked number one in both Missouri…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police are investigating a triple shooting in north St. Louis that left one man dead. Authorities say the three victims were gunned down at just late Monday night in the 4400 block of Penrose. Two of the victims suffered non-life threatening injuries. The third died at the scene. The deceased victim’s…
By JIM SALTER , Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A new audit found that Ferguson, Missouri, has made significant progress in addressing problems in its municipal court, which drew scrutiny for its treatment of poor and minority people after the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in 2014. Democratic Missouri Auditor Nicole Galloway’s report…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill says she supports measures on Missouri’s November ballot to increase the state’s minimum wage and hike the gas tax. McCaskill recently told reporters that she also supports medical marijuana. She said she “couldn’t be more enthusiastic” about another proposal that would change redistricting and limit lobbyist…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — A 10-week-old Missouri girl has died after being left inside a hot vehicle. The Southeast Missourian reports that siblings found the infant Saturday afternoon inside a vehicle at Parkwood Lake Estates trailer park in Cape Girardeau, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of St. Louis. She was pronounced dead at…