Bridgeton, MO (KTRS) A man is dead and a woman is injured after crashing their vehicle into a building in Bridgeton. Investigators say this happened at 3 a.m. Wednesday on St. Charles Rock Road and Mark Twain Lane. The names of the victims have been released. There’s no word on what caused the crash. The…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A man is dead after a shooting in north St. Louis. Police say the victim was shot and killed late Wednesday night in the 4900 block of Plover Avenue. The victim’s name hasn’t been released. There’s no word of any arrests. This brings the city’s murder count to at least 51…
Franklin County, MO (KTRS) A 7-year-old Franklin County girl is dead after being shot and investigators say they suspect her mother. The girl’s father returned home from work Wednesday morning and found his daughter dead in a bedroom and his wife incoherent on the floor. The mother was taken to the hospital for an evaluation.…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A proposal to require Missouri voters to show photo ID at polling places is stalled in the state Senate. Democrats filibustered the bill for about six hours Wednesday night. The Senate paused its business shortly after midnight for lawmakers to meet off the floor, and the chamber adjourned early Thursday…
( KTRS ) Gov. Jay Nixon has signed a higher education budget that will result in a tuition freeze at public universities. Nixon approved the $1.3 billion spending plan Wednesday without vetoing any individual items. Public universities and colleges will see a $37 million boost to core funding. That amounts to a 4 percent increase.…
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) – A southern Illinois man who advocated sex between children and adults in online posts has been charged with attempting to solicit children into having sex with adults. Forty-year-old James Lopes is accused of giving children cards imprinted with a website that contained his teachings regarding sex between adults and children as…
