( KTRS ) Residents in Illinois, legally allowed to do so, purchased $2.9 million worth of medical marijuana products last month. Officials say June purchases were around $2.5 million, adding that sales have gradually climbed since the pilot program began in November. Illinois now has nearly 89 hundred qualified medical marijuana patients and 40 registered…
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) – A southern Illinois man has received a 45-year prison sentence for the production, distribution and receipt of child pornography. U.S. Attorney Donald S. Boyce said Wednesday 34-year-old Miguel Angel Vasquez Torres of Beckemeyer admitted to repeatedly sexually abusing a minor over the course of several years and photographing the…
( KTRS ) Just under a quarter of Missouri’s registered voters turned out to cast ballots in Tuesdays primary elections. Secretary of State Jason Kander reports official turnout of 24.8 percent. The top attraction was the Missouri governor’s race. Former Navy SEAL officer Eric Greitens took the Republican with nearly 684,000 votes. Missouri Attorney General Chris…
( KTRS ) Ballwin Police Officer Michael Flamion is in Colorado receiving treatment at a hospital that specializes in spinal cord injuries. Officer Flamion has been paralysed from the neck down since July 8th when he was shot while conducting a traffic stop. He is still on a ventilator and feeding tube A procession of officers, friends, and…
What’s it like living next door to an Olympic athlete? Just ask John Carney, who interviews Colleen Quigley’s parents, on the eve of her debut at the Olympics in Rio in the Steeplechase event (and yes, John and the Quigley’s used to be neighbors)
(KTRS) – A 21-year old man is accused of murdering his mother and brother. St. Louis Police were called to a home near the Ville neighborhood yesterday and found two people who been stabbed to death. They were identified at Tyra Shannon and her son Lawrence Strawbridge. Darquise Gowdy, Shannon’s older son, arrived at the…
What was it like on the first day of MTV, 35 years ago? And who picked the music?
Carbondale, IL Â (KTRS) Â A Carbondale police officer is out of the hospital after he was shot during a pursuit over the weekend. Carbondale police said Tuesday that 26-year-old officer Trey Harris was released from the St. Louis-area hospital, where he was treated after the Sunday shooting. Details of his injuries weren’t provided, but police said…
St. Louis, MO Â (KTRS) Â A woman is dead following an overnight shooting in north St. Louis. Authorities say the shooting happened around 4 a.m. Wednesday in the 5200 block of Maffitt Avenue. The woman’s name hasn’t been released. There’s no word of any arrests or a motive. This brings the city’s unofficial murder count to…
( KTRS ) The state of Illinois has resumed sending vehicle registration reminder notices. The service was stopped last year due to the budget standoff. Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White says the stop-gap budget that state lawmakers passed over the summer means he can resume sending the notices. He’s also drafting legislation that would…