( 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…
MARYVILLE, Mo. (AP) – A 16-year-old student from Seoul, South Korea, has drowned at the Mozingo Lake Recreation Park in northwest Missouri. Maryville public officials say Jae Won Lee, a first-year student at the Missouri Academy, drowned Monday night in the city-owned reservoir east of Maryville. The Maryville Daily Forum reports (http://bit.ly/2aqetAw ) officials continue…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Former Navy SEAL officer Eric Greitens already has a remarkable resume that includes international humanitarian trips and founding a nonprofit to help military veterans find work. Now he can add another item: Republican nominee for Missouri governor. Greitens won a hard-fought, four-way Republican primary Tuesday for the right to take…
Brentwood, MO  (KTRS)  Catherine Hanaway says it’s time to move forward. The former Speaker of the House expressed that during her concession speech at her watch party at the Brentwood Drury Inn. “We have to come together now. We have to support Eric Greitens. We tried to defeat him mightly, but he is our Republican nominee.”…
What began as police chasing a stolen vehicle, ended with a suspect in the hospital after an officer-involved shooting. Tuesday afternoon, police spotted a stolen vehicle and tried to pull the driver over, but the suspect sped away. Police ended the chase by suing spike strips, causing the driver to crash into a fire hydrant.…
(KTRS) – A woman and her 16-year-old son are dead, police say they were stabbed to death in north St. Louis. Fox 2 reports they were stabbed to death inside a home near the Ville neighborhood. A 22-year-old man, who could be the woman’s older son is in custody. we will have updates as more…
CAMDENTON, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say two Iowa men have drowned in Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks after one of the men began struggling and the other man attempted to save him. The Missouri State Highway Patrol identified the victims as 46-year-old Dennis Michel, of Ankeny, Iowa, and 40-year-old Jacob Seeman, of Woodward, Iowa. The…
St. Louis, MO Â (KTRS) Â It’s Primary Election Day in Missouri. Missouri’s top political offices are up for grabs in today’s primary. This includes the race for attorney general, lieutenant governor, and one of the most hotly contested races for the G-O-P gubernatorial nomination. Those candidates are businessman John Brunner, former Navy SEAL officer Eric Greitens,…
CHICAGO (AP) – Health insurance premiums for Illinois residents who buy coverage through the Affordable Care Act’s marketplace could increase by as much as 45 percent according to proposals submitted by insurers. The leading insurer on Illinois’ exchange, Blue Cross Blue Shield, is proposing increases for 2017 ranging from 23 percent to 45 percent for…
( KTRS ) Authorities have released the identities of the family killed in a murder-suicide in Bridgeton Saturday morning. Police report the deceased are 73 yr old Thomas Comer and his wife Carole, their son John and daughter Rebecca. Thomas Comer, reportedly shot the three family members before turning the gun on himself.