( KTRS ) A new report says court fees and fines in Illinois have ballooned over the years because they’ve become bloated with surcharges to pay for programs and services. Sometimes the added surcharges fund things unrelated to a case, such as law libraries and zero-interest loans for fire departments to buy new trucks. The…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s GOP candidates for governor are weighing in on policies that would affect LGBT people. The Republican candidates are businessman John Brunner, former Navy SEAL officer Eric Greitens, former U.S. attorney and House speaker Catherine Hanaway and Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder. The four decried guidance from Democratic President Barack Obama’s…
( KTRS ) Police in O’Fallon, MO. say four teens robbed victims after luring them to a specific location using the new ‘Pokemon Go’ smartphone game. Police said Sunday that four teens used the game to draw victims to a spot where they were waiting, and then robbed them. The recently released game sends players…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) A man is dead after being shot by an off-duty St. Louis County Police officer. Police say the 20-year-old man was try ing to break in to the officer’s south county home in the 10000 block of Lakeshire Drive at just before 6 p.m. Saturday. The suspect attempted to gain…
Ballwin, MO (KTRS) The Ballwin Police Department has released the identity of the officer who was shot during a traffic stop on Friday. The injured officer has been identified as 31-year-old Mike Flamion. He joined the Ballwin Police Department in 2014. Flamion previously served as an officer with the DeSoto Police Department for 7 years.…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has signed a bill into law that will restrict access to video from police car dashboard and body cameras. Nixon signed legislation Friday that will restrict public access to video footage until investigations are finished. It also allows recordings in nonpublic areas to be restricted except…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Just because Illinois lawmakers approved a stopgap budget doesn’t necessarily mean that motorists will again receive reminders in the mail that it’s time to renew their license plate registrations. The stopgap budget approved last week provides $35 million to cover the Secretary of State’s operations through December but The Pantagraph in…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Two people are dead following two separate shootings overnight in south St. Louis. Police say three people were gunned down on Folsom near Spring at just before 1 a.m . One of those victims died. There’s no word on the conditions of the surviving victims. About an hour later, a man…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) An overnight fire is to blame for damaging a north city market where two men were fatally shot on the Fourth of July. Firefighters were called to Moma Minnie’s Market on Page and Pendleton at just before 2 a.m. Friday. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Meanwhile, police are…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson is taking precautions for his officers in response to the sniper attacks on police in Dallas. Dotson tweeted that “Due to events unfolding in Dallas, Texas, effectively immediately, all on-duty officers will work in pairs until further notice. No police officers, park rangers or marshals will…