POCAHONTAS, ILL (KTRS) The Illinois State Fire Marshal’s office is investigating the cause of a fire Wednesday that killed a 4-year-old girl was killed and injured five of her family members in Pocahontas, Illinois, about 40 miles northeast of St. Louis. The EMS chief in nearby Highland, Brian Wilson, said 15-month-old twin girls, a 12-year-old boy…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) Ballpark Village has a new hotel coming. It will be the first Loews Hotel in St. Louis and the second so-called Live! by Loews Hotel in the Loews chain. Loews Chairman and CEO Jonathan Tisch says the company is investing in the future of downtown St. Louis. Tisch says the other Live! by…
Be Driven to Give Come to Ranken Jordan, test drive a new Lincoln and Dave Sinclair Lincoln and The Lincoln Motor Company will donate $20 to Ranken Jordan. It is that simple! No sales pitch, no purchase necessary. RSVP Event Details DATE October 7, 2017 TIME 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. LOCATION Ranken Jordan Pediatric…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) St. Louis aldermen are considering a bill that would limit police respond to protests. Police have drawn criticism for using chemical agents and dispersing crowds in demonstrations since mid-September, when a judge acquitted white former police officer Jason Stockley in the 2011 shooting death of black drug suspect Anthony Lamar Smith. Alderwoman Megan…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) Only two weeks after being dismissed from a worldwide competition for consideration for a hyperloop route between St. Louis and Kansas City, organizers have put Missouri back in the running. This follows the creation of a coalition involving the Missouri Transportation Department, the St. Louis Regional Chamber, the Kansas City Tech Council and…
ST. CHARLES (KTRS) In St. Charles, a toddler has been returned safely to his mother after a brief disappearance involving the boy’s father. Authorities say they’ve taken the father into custody. Authorities say Anthony Irvin-the Third, who is in his 20’s, called the mother of the toddler, Anthony M. Irvin, around 4 o-clock this morning to…
SSM Health offers free flu vaccinations October 7 Seven free flu clinics to be held throughout the St. Louis region ST. LOUIS, MO 9/13/2017 SSM Health is offering free flu vaccinations across the St. Louis region Saturday, October 7, 2017, from 8 am – 12 pm in an effort to reduce influenza risk for children,…
By JIM SALTER, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The arrest of a clergyman who was taken to the ground and subdued with pepper spray is the latest incident in which police have been responsible for “unnecessary and dangerous violence” against demonstrators, St. Louis protest leaders said Monday. About 20 faith leaders and other protest organizers…
Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) U.S, Senator Claire McCaskill is responding to the deadly shooting in Las Vegas. The Democratic lawmaker released the following statement: “Firing upon a crowd of innocent concert goers is an act of unimaginable evil and my deepest condolences go out to all those affected by this tragic event. I will continue…
By JOHN O’CONNOR, AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Conservatives furious about Gov. Bruce Rauner’s expansion of taxpayer-funded abortion in Illinois are threatening to put up a challenger against the first-term governor in next spring’s Republican primary. The new House Republican floor leader, Rep. Peter Breen of Lombard, called a primary “inevitable” after Rauner agreed…