ST. LOUIS (KTRS) – U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) is fed up with Missouri legislators failing to put a prescription drug monitoring system in place to curb abuse and reduce overdose deaths. “They have once again, I think for the fifth or sixth time this session, refused to take this basic step,” she said at the…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Religious leaders are teaming up to fight a proposed St. Louis measure pertaining to vending they claim would make it illegal to help the homeless. On Thursday they gathered for a luncheon followed by a press conference at Transformation Christian Church in north St. Louis to discuss Board Bill 66. Reverend…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Steps are being taken to protect St. Louis residents from the extreme heat. Beginning Thursday, teams from several city departments will go door-to-door to check on those most at risk, including the elderly and disabled. Mayor Francis Slay sent a voice recording to elderly and at-risk residents listed on the City’s Functional…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A plan to open a 24-hour homeless shelter north of downtown St. Louis is being put on hold. On Wednesday, a three member financial board, which consists of Mayor Francis Slay, Comptroller Darlene Green, and Board of Aldermen PresidentLewis Reed, failed to approve a contract for the Biddle House. This was…
CHICAGO (AP) – A federal grand jury that heard evidence for more than a year on possible spending violations by ex-U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock has disbanded after its term expired. But legal experts said Tuesday that doesn’t necessarily mean the Peoria Republican is off the legal hook. He resigned in March 2015 after coming under…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – An Islamic relief agency once based in Missouri has admitted in federal court that it illegally funneled $1.4 million to Iraq. A representative of the Islamic American Relief Agency pleaded guilty Wednesday in Jefferson City, Missouri, to conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. The agency, once based in…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – St. Louis County police are investigating after two people were found shot inside a home, one of them fatally. Police were called to a home in north St. Louis County at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday. Spokesman Shawn McGuire says a 35-year-old Dana Robinson was pronounced dead at the scene. A 37-year-old man…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois comptroller’s office has created a website to increase government transparency by allowing the public to track political contributions and state contracts. The website is called OpenBook. Comptroller Leslie Munger’s office says it includes a “Google-like” feature allowing users to enter the name of an organization doing business with the…
( KTRS ) Authorities are investigating two suspicious death. Wednesday afternoon police, with the Jennings Precinct, responded to a residence located in the 7300 block of Jenwood Avenue. Upon arrival officers one 46 yr old male and one 40 yr old female, dead. This case is under investigation by the St. Louis County Police Department…
