Monsanto rejects Bayer’s $62 billion bid to buy company
Bayer can now raise its bid, walk away, or try to begin a hostile takeover
MSD crews working to repair force main sewer break.
( KTRS ) Crews with the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District have responded to and are making repairs to an underground force main sewer break at Jamestown Mall. A mall security officer noticed the break and reported it to MSD. MSD had to shut down the nearby pump station to allow crews to make repairs. As…
Former Missouri police officer gets probation in theft case
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) – A former suburban St. Louis police officer has been sentenced to probation for stealing items from a car that investigators had set up as a decoy as part of a sting operation. A St. Charles County judge on Monday suspended prison sentences for 40-year-old Matthew Howze, though he must serve…
Homicide detectives investigating fatal fire that claimed the life of family.
( KTRS /KTVI) Homicide detectives are investigating a fatal fire that claimed the lives of two parents and their 11-month-old daughter. The family was found dead after a fire early Sunday morning in north St. Louis. The fire broke out around 4:40am Sunday morning in the 4000 block of Elmbank. Firefighters report that the house…
Voter-ID proposal to go before Missouri voters Nov. 8
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri voters will decide Nov. 8 whether to amend the state Constitution to allow lawmakers to add voter-identification requirements. Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon announced Monday he’s placing the proposal on the general election ballot. That ballot also will ask voters to pick the next president and Missouri governor. At issue are…
Illinois lawmakers advance plan for automatic voter registration
CHICAGO (AP) – A plan allowing automatic voter registration in Illinois is advancing through the Legislature despite concerns from the leading state election authority that would have to implement it. Backers want Illinois to join Oregon, California and West Virginia in modernizing voter registration. They say it cleans up voter rolls and boosts civic participation.…
After house fire, parents found with gunshots, toddler dead
(KTRS) – Two adults and their six-month-old daughter were found dead after a house fire in north St. Louis this weekend. Investigators now believe that the parents, Melvin Thomas and Maruita Jones, were shot. Fire officials say the home had working smoke detectors on the second floor of the home. Homicide detectives are involved in…
Clay Waller named in federal indictment
Waller could face up to life in prison if convicted
Supreme Court Denies Former Illinois Governor’s Appeal
Washington, D.C.  (AP)  The Supreme Court won’t reconsider its decision to reject former Illinois Goveror Rod Blagojevich’s  appeal of his corruption convictions. The justices on Monday denied without comment a petition urging the court to take another look at the case. The court first turned down Blagojevich’s appeal on March 28th. He challenged an…