Fairview Heights, IL Â (KTRS) Â Two suspects are being sought after an overnight robbery at a metro-east MetroLink station. Authorities say the suspects held up a man at gunpoint outside of the Fairview Heights station at just before 1:30 a.m. Thursday. The victim wasn’t hurt in the incident. MetroLink has been plagued with crime in at…
Urbana, IL Â (KTRS) Â Three attorneys have asked to withdraw from defending a man charged with kidnapping a University of Illinois scholar from China. Tom Bruno and his sons, Anthony and Evan Bruno, say in a federal court filing that 27-year-old Brendt Christensen can’t afford to pay them. The attorneys and Christensen have agreed that he…
St. Charles, MO Â (KTRS) Â Hundreds of new jobs are coming to the Show-Me-State. On Wednesday, Missouri Governor Eric Greitens toured two companies in the Kansas City area and one in St. Peters to announce the plan to create a total of 856 jobs among these businesses. Those companies are Rosnet and Spring Venture Group, both…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Highway Patrol officials say a new system notifying the public when a police officer is injured or killed wasn’t used in a recent shooting of two St. Louis officers. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the “Blue Alert” law allowing the agency to inform the public of suspect descriptions took effect…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS)Â The Red Cross is already planning if … and when … Hurricane Irma hits land in the U-S. The communications and marketing manager for the Eastern Missouri Red Cross, Zach Collins, just returned from a week in Dallas. He says the Red Cross is already in the planning stages for Irma. He says…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he has a “great love” for the young immigrants protected by the DACA program. Speaking before a meeting with administration officials and congressional leaders Tuesday, Trump says he has a “great heart” for the young people. He says he hopes “Congress will be able to help them and do…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Â A teen is dead after being shot in north St. Louis. Police say 17-year-old James Scales was gunned down early Tuesday morning while he was waiting for the school bus in the 1700 block of North Euclid. He was pronounced dead after being taken to an area hospital. There’s no word…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The mayor of St. Louis says the city is “on edge” as it awaits a ruling in the first-degree murder trial of former police officer Jason Stockley, in part because of a troubled history of justice in St. Louis and nationwide. Stockley is accused of fatally shooting Anthony Lamar Smith in…
Wentzville, MO Â (KTRS) Â A debate is heating up over the long time mascot at Holt High School in the Wentzville School District. A student has started a petition calling for the removal of the school’s Indian mascot, claiming that it’s offensive to native Americans. This prompted a counter petition to keep the mascot. Those in…
Sauget, IL (KTRS) Â Firefighters have been busy battling a major mulch fire in the metro-east. A massive pile of mulch at the Oldcastle Lawn and Garden on Queeny Avenue in Sauget caught fire late Monday morning. Firefighters from multiple department worked into the evening to bring this fire under control. Fire crews are expected to…