INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – The Illinois governor is tossing in $100,000 of his own money to boost the campaign of Indiana’s Republican gubernatorial candidate even as the two states scuffle for jobs. The money Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner gave to Indiana Lt. Gov. Eric Holcomb’s campaign is a small fraction of the $16 million that the…
(KTRS) – The third person shot during a home invasion in St. Charles County, has died. Police say that Danny Donovan died exactly five weeks after the shooting at his father’s home. The home invasion happened August 8 when a man came into the house armed with two handguns. Daniel Donovan and the suspect started…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The special election for Missouri’s 78th District race will go on as planned for Friday. On Tuesday, the Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s decision to allow a special election. A hearing was held on Monday in which incumbent Penny Hubbard challenged the ruling. Bruce Franks lost the August…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A woman is dead following a shooting in the Central West End. Police say the victim who was in her early sixties, was gunned down near Sarah and Olive streets around 11 p.m. Monday. She died shortly after being taken to the hospital. There’s no word of any arrests or a…
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) – Grand jurors have charged a man with murder in the stabbing deaths of three people at a southern Illinois beauty salon more than a decade ago. The Belleville News Democrat reports one-time suspect 50-year-old Samuel L. Johnson of St. Louis was charged with first-degree murder in an indictment unsealed Monday. He…
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – State and federal regulators say 32 disposal wells in northeastern Oklahoma must shut down because they are too near a newly discovered fault line that produced the state’s strongest earthquake on record. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission said Monday that 27 wells under its jurisdiction would cease operations, along with five wells…
Two Frontenac men are in police custody for allegedly raping a teen girl. The St. Louis Post Dispatch reports that the victim, believed to be at least 17, contacted police Sunday morning. She told them that the men, Alexander Doering and Jeremiah Horsfall-Steinbrenner, both 22 yrs old, lured her to a trailer under the false…
( KTRS ) County Council members are considering a new prescription drug monitoring program for St. Charles County. A public hearing was held Monday night to discuss creating a new measure that would allow the County to operate a program, parallel to similar programs in St. Louis city and county, designed to prevent drug abuse. Those…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – A group of clergy and union members rallied outside the Illinois state Capitol to protest what they say is Gov. Bruce Rauner’s efforts to cut social service costs. Springfield home-care provider and Service Employees International Union member Gail Hamilton on Monday called Rauner and legislators who stand with him “immoral.” The…
(KTRS) – Two 14-year-old boys are in custody connected to the murder of a 71-year-old man last week. Police say they are still looking for a third suspect who is 16-years-old. Steve White was shot and killed early Friday morning in Jennings. The teens were taken into custody Monday and are being held by family…