( 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…
( KTRS ) Authorities have identified the man who was found fatally shot Monday night. Police say the victim was 45 yr old Shun Berry. He was found Monday around 7:30 pm, in the 4200 block of Neosho Ave. Responding officers report that Berry was found with multiple gunshot wounds in the head, neck and…
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) – A southwest Missouri sheriff’s deputy was shot while narcotics officers were serving a search warrant at Joplin motel. Joplin police Capt. Rusty Rives says the deputy was shot Wednesday at an Econo Lodge during an operation by the Ozarks Drug Enforcement Team. Rives told The Joplin Globe (http://bit.ly/2lVi7cs ) the officer…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Top Illinois Senate Republicans say they can’t support a proposed budget compromise because it’s still not ready. Democratic Senate President John Cullerton canceled action on the plan Wednesday. He blamed Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner for sabotaging the plan before votes on an income tax increase, a property tax freeze, and other…
