ST. LOUIS (AP) – The top prosecutor in St. Louis has established a hotline for those who suspect voter fraud in Tuesday’s primary election. Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/2mjqXlB ) that it is imperative that voters have confidence in elections. She will have two veteran attorneys ready to assist anyone…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A gun and hunting equipment company plans to open a new distribution and operations facility in central Missouri that could employee several hundred people. Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens announced the expansion plans Thursday for American Outdoor Brands Corp. in a Facebook video that features the former Navy SEAL governor firing…
( KTRS ) Police are hunting for two men who fired at St. Louis County Detectives while they were investigating a scene. The Detectives were reportedly processing a vehicle, believed to be in a crime, in the 6500 block of West Florissant just after noon on Thursday. The two suspects fired several shots, from about…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois Senate has adjourned without pushing its stalled budget compromise further. But a Senate Democrat filed legislation Thursday spelling out services that could be subject to the state sales tax to battle a budget deficit. Olympia Fields Democratic Sen. Toi Hutchinson’s legislation would extend the 6.25 percent sales tax to…
( KTRS ) Ferguson police and authorities across the area are searching for a missing autistic woman. 23 yr old Kourtney Maree Edwards, who has Asperger’s syndrome, was last seen walking away from her home on Tuesday afternoon around 1:30. Her house is located on North Harvey Ave and she was supposed to show up…
West Frankfort, Ill. (AP) – A Mexican restaurant manager in southern Illinois who doesn’t have legal permission to live in the U.S. is out on bond after being detained last month by immigration officials. Juan Carlos Hernandez Pacheco posted bond after a hearing Wednesday in Kansas City, Missouri. His lawyer requested his release until his…
Crossville, IL  (KTRS)  Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner plans to survey storm damage in White County on Thursday. This  southern Illinois tour comes after Rauner toured the tornado damage in central Illinois on Wednesday. The tornadoes that swept through Illinois on Tuesday night are to blame for two deaths. An uprooted tree killed a 76-year-old man…
