JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican Gov.-elect Eric Greitens will hold a traditional ball in the Capitol and a statewide fly-around before his inauguration. Greitens’ senior adviser Austin Chambers told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Friday that the incoming governor will be sworn into office Jan. 9. Greitens will succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Jay…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois hunters harvested more than 54,000 deer during the first weekend of firearm deer season last weekend. The Department of Natural Resources says that’s about 3,000 fewer deer than what was harvested in the first firearm weekend last year. The state’s seven-day firearm deer season concludes Dec. 1 through 4. Muzzleloader-only…
( KTRS ) The 30th annual Budweiser Guns ’N Hoses was held Wednesday night, and it began by honoring fallen and injured officers. To open the event, the officer who was shot in the face twice, 46 yr old Sgt. Tom Lake, made a surprise appearance and received a standing ovation form the crowd. Sgt. Lake…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Former Missouri Republican officials and candidates are helping GOP Gov.-elect Eric Greitens transition to power. Greitens’ primary rival Catherine Hanaway and former U.S. Senate candidate Sarah Steelman are among the most well-known names aiding the future governor. Greitens will succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon in January. Hanaway is a…
(KTRS) – Early next month officials with the Riverview Gardens School District will learn if they are getting an accreditation upgrade. Missouri’s education department will recommend that the district be classified for provisional accreditation. The district has been unaccredited since 2007, but for a second year in-a-row the annual report card showed they scored high…
MOUNT VERNON, Ill. (AP) – An Alton man convicted of raping two toddlers and sentenced to life in prison will get a new trial after the appellate court overturned his conviction. The Belleville News-Democrat reports that in December 2012, 33-year-old Michael Burgund was found guilty on five counts of predatory sexual assault of two girls…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Three suspects are being sought after a man was shot during an attempted robbery in downtown St. Louis. Police say three men approached the victim who was sitting in his car around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at 10th and Olive. That’s when one of the suspects shot the man in the…
