(KTRS) – Early voting is expanding today in Illinois. The advance voting actually started September 29, but that was limited to facilities like a county board of elections. Starting Monday permanent polling stations have been opened across the state. Voters should cast their ballot in the county where they live. Residents can still register through…
Town & Country, MO (KTRS) TD Ameritrade is buying rival Scottrade Financial Services. TD Ameritrade announced Monday morning that it’s acquiring the Town and Country based company in a $4-billion deal. As part of the deal, TD will buy Scottrade Bank from Scottrade Financial Services for $1.3 billion. “For more than 40 years, TD…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republican candidate for Missouri governor Eric Greitens will accept the outcome of the election despite GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s refusal to say he’ll do the same. Greitens’ campaign manager, Austin Chambers, told The Associated Press at a Jefferson City campaign event Friday that the gubernatorial candidate “absolutely” will accept…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The clamor for change that’s fueling Donald Trump’s presidential campaign may help a little-known Democrat upset a powerful Republican senator in red-state Missouri on Election Day. And with just a few competitive Senate races around the country, the outcome in Missouri could help determine which party controls the Senate. The…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – About $8.7 million Missouri received from a settlement over Volkswagen’s emissions cheating scandal will go to school transportation and other programs. Gov. Jay Nixon on Friday released a matching $8.7 million in previously restricted spending for this year’s budget after the state received the settlement money. Nixon this year blocked…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) One man is dead and another is injured following a shooting in north St. Louis. Police say the men were gunned down in the 51-hundred block of Kensington Avenue at just before 11:30 p.m. Thursday. One victim died at the scene, another suffered non-life threatening injuries. The deceased victim’s name…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) A St. Louis County police officer is recovering after being shot in north county. Investigators say officers were attempting to arrest a man who was wanted for assault with a firearm at a home in the 10-thousand block of Royal Drive in the Castle Point neighborhood at just after 10:30…
