JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Republican gubernatorial candidate Eric Greitens says he wants Missouri to change the way it selects judges. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Greitens supports a Tennessee procedure that gives the governor and Legislature more influence in picking judges. He believes the current system gives trial lawyers too much influence on judicial…
Belleville, IL (KTRS) The cause of an overnight train derailment in Belleville is being investigated. Authorities say a coal train jumped the tracks around 2 a.m. Wednesday at the Norfolk Southern crossings, near Foley Drive and Frank Scott Parkway. Power lines were knocked down in the accident. This has left about five hundred residents and…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) An overnight house fire in north St. Louis is to blame for claiming the life of an infant and injuring four others. Firefighters responded to the burning home along the 5100 block of Cates around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday. Six adults and three children were in the home when the fire broke…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A converted Muslim’s federal lawsuit accuses a private security company of discrimination by rejecting her for employment because of her faith and her traditional religious headscarf. The lawsuit filed in St. Louis on Zahraa Imani Ali’s behalf against Securitas Security Services seeks class-action status. Ali alleges that during an October 2015…
( KTRS ) Several homes in the city of Ferguson are getting a touch up thanks to Home Depot. The City of Ferguson announced Tuesday that Home Depot on New Halls Ferry Road, will donate materials needed to repair six homes in the city. Employees from the Florissant and Maryland Heights chains are also donating…
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois election officials say the number of registered active voters in the state is at its highest since 1970. Illinois State Board of Election spokesman Jim Tenuto said Tuesday morning that there are 7.9 million registered active voters in the state. That’s more than the 7.8 million who were registered in 2008…
