RED BUD, Ill. (AP) – A southern Illinois woman found to have been driving under the influence has been sentenced to six years in prison in connection with a crash that killed two. Crystal Steinheimer of Red Bud was charged with reckless homicide in the January 2015 deaths of 19-year-old Abigail Liefer and 20-year-old Hannah…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A St. Louis man is accused of fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend, then wounding a police officer in subsequent gunfire. St. Louis prosecutors charged 40-year-old Maurice Hoskins on Thursday with two counts of first-degree murder, five counts of armed criminal action and two counts of assault against a…
(KTRS) – The Saint Louis Public School District is mourning the loss of an elementary school principal in a shooting Wednesday night. Police say that a jealous ex-boyfriend of Jacara Sproaps confronted her and her new boyfriend and killed them both. When officers arrived, they say that the suspect fired at them–one of the officers…
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois Comptroller Leslie Munger says the state’s backlog of unpaid bills will be roughly $10 billion by the year’s end after factoring in the temporary spending plan lawmakers recently approved. The backlog is roughly $7.8 billion. Legislators approved a stop-gap budget that will cover about six months. The move followed a year-long…
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St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Â Ameren crews are working to restore power to thousands of customers following Wednesday’s severe weather. Nearly 100,000 customers remain without power on both sides of the river. South county was the hardest hit in the St. Louis area, while Belleville and O’Fallon were the hardest hit areas in the metro-east. There’s…
Belleville, IL Â (KTRS) Â Â A metro-east man is dead as a result of the powerful storms that moved through the area Wednesday afternoon. Authorities say the man came into contact with a live power line while removing tree limbs at his Belleville home on South 18th Street. Â The victim’s name hasn’t been released. Anyone who spots…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Â Two are dead and two are recovering, including a St. Louis police officer, after a shooting in south city. Police say a man confronted his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend on the front porch of a home in the 3000 block of Miami Thursday night. That’s when he allegedly pulled out…
