Spanish Lake, MO (KTRS) Police are investigating a suspicious death that occurred in North County over the weekend. According to County Police, officers responded to the intersection of Bellefontaine and Lakeside Lane just after 2 P.M. Sunday. Upon arrival, they located an unresponsive man at an abandoned business in the 12000 block of Bellefontaine. He…
Springfield IL (KTRS) Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a $45 billion plan Friday to build and upgrade bridges, roads, schools, and parks across the state. Pritzker says “Rebuild Illinois” is the most comprehensive reconstruction effort in his state’s history and the projects will create 540,000 jobs. The plan sets aside $33.2 billion for transportation projects, $4.3…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) U.S. Congressman Lacy Clay is taking steps that would allow high crime cities to have stricter gun laws. The Democratic lawmaker from Missouri unveiled his proposed legislation during a Friday morning press conference at Children’s Hospital. “In St. Louis and across this nation…we are faced with an ugly, obscene, inescapable truth…gun…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri commissioner on Friday ruled that the state’s only abortion clinic can continue providing the service at least until August as a fight over its license plays out, adding that there’s a “likelihood” that the clinic will succeed in the dispute. Administrative Hearing Commissioner Sreenivasa Rao Dandamudi granted what’s called…
OSAKA, Japan (AP) — World leaders attending a Group of 20 summit in Japan that began Friday are clashing over the values that have served for decades as the foundation of their cooperation as they face calls to fend off threats to economic growth. “A free and open economy is the basis for peace and…
Edwardsville, IL (KTRS) Two men and a teenager are apprehended in connection with rash of vehicle burglaries in the metro-east. According to the Madison County Sheriff’s Office, 19-year-old Walker Moan of Alton and 18-year-old Roman Thomeczek of Godfrey were charged with several felonies Thursday. Starting in May, police began investigating several burglary reports where unlocked…
MIAMI, FL (AP) — Ten Democrats railed against a national economy and Republican administration they argued exist only for the rich as presidential candidates debated onstage for the first time in the young 2020 season, embracing inequality as a defining theme in their fight to deny President Donald Trump a second term in office. Health…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The body of a man is found in North City Wednesday night. Just before 6 o’clock, police responded to the 8300 block of Church Road in the Baden Neighborhood. Police are not saying how the man died, but homicide detectives are investigating.
HOUSTON, TX (AP) — The acting head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection resigned Tuesday amid an uproar over the discovery of migrant children being held in pitiful conditions at one of the agency’s stations in Texas. Acting Commissioner John Sanders’ departure deepened the sense of crisis and added to the rapid turnover inside the…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Funeral arrangements for an area police officer killed in the line of duty are set. Visitation will be from noon until 6 P.M. Sunday at Hoffmeister in St. Louis. The funeral is set for 10 A.M.Monday at the Cathedral Basilica, followed by burial at Resurrection Cemetery. Officer Michael Langsdorf, who was…