(KTRS) A St. Louis man has been charged with unlawful use of a weapon, second degree assault, two counts of armed criminal action and endangering the welfare of a child in connection with the shooting of a 9- year old boy last week. 28-year old Robert Patrick is accused of shooting into a vehicle where…
(KTRS) The man wanted in connection with shooting his wife and killing his father in law in Fenton has committed suicide in Arkansas. When officers attempted to take James Kempf into custody in rural Northwest Arkansas, he took his own life. Kempf was the subject of a week long nationwide search since the incident occurred…
(AP) Authorities say a 14-year-old suspect in the killing of another 14-year-old has turned himself in to St. Louis police. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the case against the suspect in the Jan. 19 shooting death of Timothy Lucas is being handled in juvenile court. The suspect has not been identified. Relatives of the…
Springfield, MO (KTRS) An endangered silver advisory is in effect for a missing Springfield, Missouri man. The Missouri Highway Patrol says that 81-year-old Gerald Abbott went missing from the 3800 block of South Tolliver in Springfield at around 3 P.M. Wednesday. His cell phone last pinged in the St. Louis and Farmington areas at around…
(AP) Missouri has awarded licenses for the state’s burgeoning medical marijuana industry, but it’s a safe bet that some of those licenses will be sold before dispensaries open later this year. Over the past several weeks, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has awarded licenses for various aspects of the industry — testing,…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Mayor Lyda Krewson is urging regional leaders to work with Bi-State to create a plan to restart the embattled Loop Trolley. This comes after Bi-State rejected a trolley takeover plan on Friday. Wednesday, Krewson said she is concerned that the federal government could sue cities and municipalities for unused grant funds,…
Springfield, IL (AP) Gov. J.B. Pritzker delivered his first State of the State address Wednesday, talking tough about ending fraud and graft in a state notorious for corruption, and urging support for such contentious ideas as halting the so-called revolving door, the time-honored practice of lawmakers leaving the Legislature to immediately become lobbyists. The Democrat…
(AP)Â Authorities say former Springfield, Illinois, Mayor Frank Edwards and his wife, Sangamon County Coroner Cinda Edwards, were two of the three people killed when a small plane crashed in a central Illinois field. Jim Allmon, chief deputy coroner for Sangamon County, says the crash Tuesday also killed 69-year-old John Evans of Glenarm,. The 69-year-old…
(AP) Opioid prescriptions are down significantly in Missouri’s Medicaid health care program. New figures show that the number of Medicaid participants receiving opioid prescriptions fell to fewer than 110,000 in 2019 — the second straight year with a 12% decline. Meanwhile, the number of pills prescribed to those people fell by 25% last year. State…
Springfield, IL (AP) Three people were killed when a small plane crashed in a field southeast of Springfield, Illinois. The Sangamon County Sheriff’s Department says the pilot of the twin-engine Piper Aerostar reported having trouble with the plane’s instruments prior to the crash. Springfield Airport Authority executive director Mark Hanna says the plane went down…