St. Ann. MO (KTRS) An early morning police chase has an unusual outcome. Authorities say police approached a woman who appeared to be acting suspicious at a gas station in St. Ann around 4 a.m. Monday. That’s when she sped off and the pursuit went through north county, north city into Clayton, where the woman…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) A suspect is dead following a break in at a north county home. Police say a man broke into a residence near Jennings Station Road and West Florissant around 12:30 a.m. Monday. That’s when an altercation occurred between the suspect and the homeowner. The suspect was stabbed to death by the…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A former longtime head of St. Louis’ Teamsters union during the 1980s has died. Robert “Bobby” Sansone’s family tells the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that Sansone died Friday of respiratory failure. He was 78. Sansone served for a dozen years as president of the Teamsters’ Joint Council 13, which represented St. Louis’ 35,000…
( KTRS ) Commuters that drive eastbound I-70 near I-170, may want to give yourself some extra time. MODOT Crews will be closing one lane, to make pavement repairs, on eastbound I-70 at I-170 from 9 a.m. Monday morning, to 5 a.m. Tuesday. The lane will close again on Tuesday from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Republican gubernatorial candidate Eric Greitens often recounts how he volunteered in Bosnia helping children separated from their families by a horrific ethnic war. But the refugee camps he visited as a college student in summer 1994 actually were in neighboring Croatia. The discrepancy is notable because Greitens’ campaign is…
( KTRS ) Illinois has become the latest state to grant legal protections to nannies, house keepers and in-home caregivers with a domestic workers “bill of rights” Gov. Bruce Rauner approved the law earlier this month. The new Illinois rules extend sexual harassment protection, minimum-wage pay and a guaranteed one day off in a seven-day…
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois State Police say a 17-year-old girl has been arrested in the weekend stabbing of a 16-year-old girl at the Illinois State Fair. A statement from the agency says the stabbing occurred Saturday night in the carnival area of the fair in Springfield. The brief statement says the 16-year-old girl was expected…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri lawmaker is resigning to avoid a new waiting period for legislators to become lobbyists. Hartville Republican Rep. Tony Dugger stepped down Friday. In an interview with The Associated Press, he cited a law set to take effect Aug. 28 that will require lawmakers to wait six months after…
