SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Law enforcement departments’ powerful devices that mimic cell towers and track phone locations are raising privacy concerns and inspiring legislation to restrict their use in criminal investigations. Illinois is among states around the country trying to set rules for the suitcase-sized cell-site simulators, also known as Stingrays. They are capable of…
RIDGEDALE, Mo. (AP) – Instead of panicking, Johnny Morris saw an adventure worth digging into when a massive sinkhole swallowed tons of earth at his exquisite golf course deep in the Missouri Ozarks. Experts urged the 68-year-old founder of outdoors megastore Bass Pro Shops to fill the 40-foot-deep hole at Top of the Rock Golf…
( KTRS ) Police in a central Illinois are searching for the suspect in a weekend shooting of a police officer. Saturday night around 10:45 p.m., a Mahomet Police Officer conducted a traffic stop involving 35 yr old Dracy “Clint” Pendleton. Authorities haven’t stated why, but during the traffic stop the officer and Pendleton exchanged…
Urbana, IL (AP) – A bald eagle found with a gunshot wound in Southern Illinois is recovering and is expected to fly again after having surgery this week. The News-Gazette reports the 1-year-old female eagle had surgery Thursday at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital. The gunshot wound was found in a CT scan…
Columbia, MO (KTRS) A suspect is being sought after shots were fired on the Columbia campus of the University of Missouri. Police say the incident happened late Friday night near Tradition Plaza. No injuries were reported and there’s no word on a motive. The suspect is described as an African-American male with dreadlocks, 5 feet…
Imperial, MO (KTRS) Investigators are trying to determine if a body discovered in Imperial on Friday is that of a missing teenager. Police say the remain were found along the 5000 block of U.S. 61. Last week 18-year-old Devin Sledge was reported missing. Sledge had reportedly threatened to harm himself prior to his disappearance, according…
JEFFERSON, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri bill that lowers fees for minor traffic and ordinance violations has advanced from the state Senate. Senators voted unanimously Friday in favor of the proposal, which needs another House vote before the session ends May 13. The proposal would lower the cap on minor traffic violation fines from $300…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Ethics Commission will investigate whether state Sen. Kurt Schaefer pressured the University of Missouri to block Josh Hawley from running for Missouri attorney general. The announcement Thursday reverses a decision made last week by James Klahr, executive director of the commission. He had said the commission didn’t have…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger says the county plans to appeal a judges ruling on a policing measure. Circuit Judge Robert S. Cohen issued a summary judgment on Wednesday in favor of a challenge by several larger cities in the county, who called the measure “illegal and unconstitutional.” Varying…
