JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers are rushing to pass as many bills as possible before their 6 p.m. Friday deadline. Bills passed on Friday would ensure free coronavirus testing if recommended by a patient’s doctor. Another provision would end local rules requiring a prescription to get the allergy medication pseudoephedrine. Edible medical marijuana…
O’Fallon, MO (AP) — Large events are slowly starting up again in Missouri, even as some experts worry that it’s too soon. The state is more willing than most to permit sports, concerts and shows following the economic shutdown aimed at stemming the spread of the coronavirus. A youth baseball tournament near St. Louis last…
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A 13-year-old boy who was shot last weekend in O’Fallon has died from his injuries. O’Fallon police on Thursday identified the boy as Owen Fielder of O’Fallon. The shooting happened Saturday in the St. Charles County town. A 16-year-old is in custody in the shooting but formal charges have not been…
O’Fallon, MO (AP) — Missouri is moving ahead with plans to execute a man next week despite concerns about the coronavirus that have prompted other states to postpone lethal injections. Walter Barton is scheduled to die Tuesday for fatally stabbing 81-year-old trailer park operator Gladys Kuehler in 1991 in the town of Ozark. An expert…
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A rare inflammatory syndrome affecting some children with the coronavirus has appeared in a small number of cases at Missouri hospitals. A spokeswoman for St. Louis Children’s Hospital said Wednesday that “a few” children with the coronavirus and symptoms similar to Kawasaki disease have been treated at the hospital. She didn’t…
Peoria, IL (KTRS) One town in Illinois is bucking Governor J.B. Pritzker’s stay-at-home order. The Peoria City Council unanimously passed a resolution last night, challenging Governor Pritzker’s stay-at-home order. The “Resolution in Support of Small Businesses” says, “many big box retailers who sold a mix of essential and non-essential goods were deemed essential businesses, and…
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Nearly three dozen inmates at an eastern Missouri jail have tested positive for the coronavirus, along with five members of the jail staff. A joint statement late Monday from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department and the county health department says the 34 inmates who tested positive included some who showed symptoms…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis County is taking one of its local gyms to court after the company defies its stay-at-home order and opens for business. In a Facebook video, owner of House of Pain Gym Joe Corbett said quote, “Definitely this is an overreach, and we feel like they’re ruling with a heavy…
(KTRS) A 13-year old O’Fallon, Missouri boy is in critical condition after being shot Saturday afternoon in the 400 block of Mar-Ton Estates Dr. Detectives from the O’Fallon Police Department are actively investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting; including interviews with the 16-year old juvenile responsible and witnesses. Police say the juvenile who fired the…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis County’s Bureau of Crimes Against Persons is investigating a shooting in north county. It all unfolded just after 9 A.M. Saturday in the 9800 block of Scottdale Drive. That’s where officers with the North County Precinct responded to a call prompted by the ShotSpotter system, and found a 14-year-old…