Ferguson To Swear In It’s First African-American Police Chief
Ferguson, MO (KTRS) The city of Ferguson will make history today. Delish Moss will be sworn in as Ferguson’s first African-American police chief this afternoon. Moss replaces Chief Tom Jackson, who resigned in 2014 after a scathing report from the Department of Justice. The 51-year-old veteran of law enforcement had this to say about this…
Track curtails season as Illinois horse racing woes persist
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (AP) – A St. Louis area horse track has significantly curtailed its racing season as the industry’s woes persist in Illinois. Races at Fairmount Park in Collinsville began last week, two months later than the traditional start. The 42-day season is the shortest in the 91-year-old track’s history. The Belleville News-Democrat (bit.ly/1rBpUfK )…
3 more groups submit Missouri ballot petitions
( KTRS ) Suppoters of initiatives aimed at sales taxes, cigarette taxes and medical marijuana submitted petitions Sunday in hopes of getting their proposals on Missouri’s November ballot. The submitted petitions included two proposed constitutional amendments, one that would prohibit state and local governments from charging sales tax on any services that weren’t already taxed as…
Legislatures seek limits on phone-tracking technology
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…
Sinkhole spurs search for cave by Bass Pro Shops founder
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…
Illinois authorities searching for police shooter.
( 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…