ST. LOUIS (AP) – Health insurance companies would no longer be able to raise rates for Affordable Care Act consumers in Missouri without review by a state agency under a measure awaiting the governor’s signature. Advocates say the change is long overdue. A spokeswoman for the state agency that governs insurance says Missouri is the…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A woman is dead following an overnight shooting in north St. Louis. Police say the woman was gunned down in the 5800 block of Wabada Avenue at around 2 a.m. Friday. She was transported to the hospital, where she later died. There’s no word of any arrests or a motive. The…
Washington Park, IL (KTRS) The second suspect wanted in a fatal downtown carjacking is dead after being shot by police in the metro-east. Police say officers were attempting to arrest 21-year-old Devonte Gates Thursday afternoon in Washington Park when the shooting occurred. Gates was wanted in the death of Brandi Hill, who was fatally shot…
( KTRS ) The Illinois Department of Transportation says it is halting road construction in many areas of the state during the Memorial Day weekend. Work will be suspended beginning at 3 p.m. Friday afternoon, through Tuesday morning. IDOT is asking motorists to remain alert and to continue to use caution in work zones. Work…
ALTON, Ill. (AP) – The U.S. Postal Service is on the move in Alton, Illinois. The Post Office is moving from the downtown location it leased to a former car dealership. Workers are renovating the space and the government has a 10-year lease with the owner. The Alton Telegraph reports (http://bit.ly/1scMwTV) that Ameren Illinois owns the…
( KTRS ) Members of the Lindbergh community united around the hashtag “LindberghCares” are planning a sit in today at Lindbergh High School’s Central office. LindberghCares is a hashtag started online by a student at the school. It was created in efforts to centralize the disdain some in the community feel about the current treatment…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration says it will spend the next six years trying to maintain and improve a deteriorating transit system. The $11.2 billion, six-year program released Thursday by the Illinois Department of Transportation is actually rosier than expected. Transportation Secretary Randy Blankenhorn reported that a newly approved federal highway plan…
