JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s budget director says revenue is up 3.4 percent compared to the same time last year. Director Dan Haug on Thursday announced that the state brought in about $8.1 billion in the current fiscal year through May. At the same time last year, the state had $7.8 billion. Revenue in May…
OVERLAND, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say a 14-year-old is accused as a juvenile of carjacking a California woman’s rental car last month while she was getting gas in a St. Louis suburb. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the St. Louis teenager is charged with robbery, second-degree assault and resisting arrest. Overland police Lt. Steve…
( KTRS ) Officials have announced plans to relocate a federal spy agency to a new site in St. Louis rather than across the Mississippi River in southern Illinois. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency announced on it’s website that its western headquarters will be moved to north St. Louis, in the area that was previously the…
( KTRS ) Authorities are investigating a fatal shooting in Moline Acres. At 8:40 p.m. Thursday night, police were called to the 9800 block of Wendell Drive in reference to a call for shots fired. Upon arrival, officers found an 18 yr old male, laying in the driveway of a home. He was pronounced dead…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A celebration is planned to mark the completion of Leonor K. Sullivan Boulevard. The 1.5 mile stretch of road along the riverfront has been raised two feet to prevent flooding and also includes a bike path, benches, landscaping, and a stage. This is part of the $380-million City Arch River Project. The…
Edwardsville, IL (KTRS) Amazon plans to open two fulfillment centers in Edwardsville. Company officials made that announcement on Thursday, saying this will create more than 1,000 jobs. Both fulfillment centers will span more than 700,000 square-feet each where employees will pick, pack and ship items for customers. One of the buildings will specialize in handling larger…
( KTRS ) Police have released footage of a suspect in the killing of a homeless man. 31 yr old Darrell McCoy, was found shot to death in the early morning hours of May 4th on Hamilton Avenue, in the Wells Goodfellow neighborhood. The suspect, is described as a “very short” black man with a…
