SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ Illinois Department of Transportation officials say efforts are underway to make sure traffic keeps moving and roadways are safe during the upcoming solar eclipse. The Carbondale area in southern Illinois is in the path of a total eclipse on Aug. 21. The rest of Illinois will see a partial eclipse. IDOT…
St. Charles, MO (KTRS) Police are investigating after a body was found floating in the Missouri River in St. Charles. Investigators say the discovery was made Saturday afternoon near Frontier Park. There’s no word on how the body ended up in the river. The identity of the victim hasn’t been released.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s lieutenant governor is the only statewide elected official who has accepted gifts so far this year, Missouri Ethics Commission data shows. Republican Lt. Gov. Mike Parson from southwestern Missouri’s Bolivar has received meals and gifts worth $2,752 in the six months since he took office in January, the St.…
CANTON, Ohio (AP) — The rags-to-riches tale of Kurt Warner has taken him to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The quarterback who went from grocery store worker to winning two NFL MVP awards and one league title, reinvigorating two moribund franchises along the way, was inducted into the shrine Saturday night. “People say Hollywood couldn’t…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) An area police officer is being recognized for her dedication with the DARE program. Ellisville Police Sergeant Nancy Walker was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Missouri DARE Officer Conference on Thursday. In 1989, Sgt. Walker served in the very first Missouri DARE training class “DARE Officer Training Class…
Kansas City, MO (KTRS) Police say the toddler who was the subject of an AMBER Alert has been found unharmed. Two year-old Jace Brunt was found Friday night with the two suspects, who are now in police custody. There’s no word on any charges. Earlier Story: Kansas City, MO (KTRS) An AMBER Alert is in…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A division of the Department of Homeland Security has opened an investigation after a suspicious package in the mailroom sickened about 10 people at the sprawling IRS building in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The Federal Protective Services, which responds to terrorism and criminal acts against U.S. government infrastructure, opened the…
WENTZVILLE (KTRS) A woman whom Wentzville police say held up a customer at a Commerce Bank … at knifepoint in the drive-thru lane … has been arrested and charged in the incident. St. Charles County Prosecutor has filed charges of first degree robbery and armed criminal action against 28-year-old Rachael Lay of the 8800 block of…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) The ACLU has now joined critics of Missouri’s new law that critics say makes it tougher for employee to file discrimination claims. The ACLU of Eastern Missouri calls Missouri’s new discrimination law a Jim Crow law that is says effectively guts the Missouri Human Rights Act. Meanwhile, the St. Louis County branch of…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A new Missouri law has made 183 St. Louis teachers eligible for retirement, though the district’s top administrator and union members don’t expect an exodus of teachers. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the school district is sending teachers a letter signed by Superintendent Kelvin Adams and the American Federation of…