( KTRS ) The St. Louis County Police Department has issued an Endangered Person Advisory for a missing teen girl. Missing is 16 yr old Torri Symone Flowers-Rhodes. She was last seen Wednesday around 6:30pm leaving a home on Greenbriar Dr in Florissant. Police say that after an argument with her mother Tori left home…
Police in Creve Coeur are looking for the suspect who robbed the American Eagle Credit Union on Tuesday. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the man walked into the credit union, at 12395 Olive Blvd around 5:30 Tuesday evening, and told workers there that he had a gun. The man then fled the scene. Anyone…
Police say a horse drowned late Wednesday night after it ran into the Missouri River. Fox 2 news reports the incident happened around 10:15pm last night on South Riverside Drive in St. Charles. The horse apparently became spooked and took off while the carriage was still attached. No one was in the carriage at the…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri lawmaker behind a failed attempt to protect some businesses opposed to same-sex marriage says he doesn’t plan to try again next year. Republican Sen. Bob Onder told The Associated Press on Wednesday that too much time was spent this year on the proposed constitutional amendment, only for it…
( KTRS ) One victim is recovering after being shot Wednesday night. Police say the shooting took place just after 10pm last night in the 5800 block of Highland. One male was shot in the arm and taken to an area hospital for treatment. At this time no further details have been released.
(KTRS) – Alderwoman Lyda Krewson picked up the endorsement of the St. Louis Police Officers Association in her run for mayor. The union represents most of the city’s police officers. The other mayoral candidates are: City Treasurer Tishaura Jones, President of the Board of Aldermen Lewis Reed, Aldermen Jeffrey Boyd and Antonio French, as well as…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A record number of people have visited Missouri state parks this year, with attendance topping the 20 million mark for the first time. Gov. Jay Nixon announced the new record Wednesday. Nixon says enhancing the park system was a priority when he took office in 2009. He says millions of…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Republican Gov.-elect Eric Greitens is appointing a North Carolina corrections official to lead Missouri’s Department of Corrections. Greitens announced his pick Wednesday of North Carolina community supervision Director Anne Precythe. The Senate must confirm her appointment. Current Missouri prisons chief George Lombardi had applied to stay on when Greitens assumes…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Despite a standstill over the Illinois budget, a group of bipartisan lawmakers has been meeting more often in recent weeks to devise a plan to overhaul state funding for public schools. Although Illinois’ top leaders aren’t meeting to discuss the state budget, members of Gov. Bruce Rauner’s education funding reform commission…
Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) A soon to be state lawmaker wants to raise the marriage age requirement in Missouri. Representative-Elect Jean Evans filed her first piece of legislation, HB 270, which calls for raising the minimum age to get a marriage license with parental consent to 17. The current law individuals from the age of…