Webster Groves Police Ask Public’s Help in Bank Robbery
WEBSTER GROVES (KTRS) Webster Groves Police are investigating a bank robbery that occurred Wednesday morning, Aug. 16, at Arsenal Credit Union on Watson Road. Police say an unidentified black male subject approximately 25 years old, 5’11” to 6’0” tall and having light facial hair, a thin face and wearing a black and white t-shirt with horizontal stripes under a…
ILL House Votes Next Week on Veto of State School Funding Plan
SPRINGFIELD (AP) Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan says the chamber will take a vote next week on overriding Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of a school funding plan. Madigan, a Chicago Democrat, says the House will meet Aug. 23 to consider an override. House Democrats called a vote Wednesday on legislation that incorporates the changes Gov. Rauner…
MO Supreme Court Denies Execution Stay
ST. LOUIS (AP) _ The Missouri Supreme Court has denied a motion from attorneys seeking to halt the execution of a man scheduled to die next week but did not explain its decision. Attorneys for Marcellus Williams had asked the state Supreme Court and Gov. Eric Greitens to stop the execution, citing DNA evidence that…
MO Supreme Court Denies Execution Stay
ST. LOUIS (AP) _ The Missouri Supreme Court has denied a motion from attorneys seeking to halt the execution of a man scheduled to die next week but did not explain its decision. Attorneys for Marcellus Williams had asked the state Supreme Court and Gov. Eric Greitens to stop the execution, citing DNA evidence that…
Suspect Sought After Clerk Shot During Hold Up At Metro-East Gas Station
Collinsville, IL (KTRS) A suspect is being sought after a clerk was shot during a robbery at a metro-east gas station. Police say this happened around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Exxon Gas Station on South Morrison Drive in Collinsville. After announcing a robbery, the suspect allegedly shot the 36-year-old clerk before fleeing on foot…
Illinois House Convenes To Take Up School-Funding Plan
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois House will convene to take up the contentious school-funding issue. But lawmakers don’t plan to attempt to override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of the legislation Wednesday. The Republican governor used an amendatory veto this month on Senate Bill 1 . The proposal would create a new school-funding formula. Rauner…