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…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) Law enforcement are urging anyone who recognizes a man accused of robbing St. Louis-area Walgreens stores while wearing jean shorts to call “the fashion police.” St. Louis County Police have dubbed the suspect as the “jorts-wearing bandit”. In a tweet with a photo of the suspect, police say his…
Creve Couer, MO (KTRS) Governor Eric Greitens is hoping to enhance Missouri’s economic relationship with Israel. On Tuesday, the Governor hosted the Israeli Ambassador to the United States, Ron Dermer during his visit to the St. Louis area. They participated in a business roundtable at the Danforth Plant Science Center. Greitens said healthcare, cyber security,…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) Attorneys for a Missouri death row inmate convicted in the 1998 murder of a former St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter are asking for a halt to the prisoner’s execution next week. The attorneys for Marcellus Williams filed the request with the state Supreme Court and Governor Eric Greitens’s office because they say they have…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) A Mexican restaurant tucked away in a standalone brick building in the Botanical Heights neighborhood has been named the ninth best new restaurant of the year among the top ten in the U-S by Bon Appetit magazine. Bon Appetit calls Nixta not just any Mexican restaurant and praises its ambitious menu that doesn’t…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) An animal rescue group believes there’s new evidence of dog fighting in north St. Louis. An injured dog, who is now named Buster, was found in an alley near Shreve and Farlin on Saturday. Missouri K9 Rescue believes that Buster’s injuries indicate that he was used as a bait dog in…
CLINTON, Mo. (AP) – The widow of a western Missouri police officer fatally shot during a traffic stop has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the man charged in his death. KRCG-TV reports Cresinda Michael filed the lawsuit last Friday against Ian McCarthy last Friday in Missouri’s Henry County, five days after 37-year-old Gary Michael Jr.…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police are investigating three separate shootings in north St. Louis. The first shooting happened at just before 11 p.m. Monday on Kingshighway and Farlin. The male victim is listed in stable condition. Another man was shot after just after midnight Tuesday on Greer. He suffered non-life threatening injuries. Then at just…