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…
( KTRS ) Illinois business leaders say they want the state to invest more money in early education to meet the demands of a growing job market centered on math and science. Business leaders says they support Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner’s plan to increase preschool funding to about $393 million, an increase of $75 million from…
PINE LAWN, Mo. (AP) – A former Pine Lawn police officer has been charged with assaulting a clerk at a gas station. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1VVXHMW ) reports that 36-year-old Nicholas Stone was charged Monday with third-degree assault following an investigation by the Missouri Highway Patrol. Court documents say that while Stone was on…
The Blues are preparing for their Western Conference Semi-Finals against the Dallas Stars Friday night in game 1. The host of KTRS Hockey Sense Andy Strickland, sat down for a one-on-one interview with Blues head coach Ken Hitchcock as the preparations continue.
St. Louis Cardinals (11-9) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks (11-11) Cards 1.Matt Carpenter 1B 2.Stephen Piscotty RF 3.Matt Holliday LF 4.Randal Grichuk CF 5.Yadier Molina C 6.Jedd Gyorko 2B 7.Ruben Tejada 3B 8.Aledmys Diaz SS 9.Adam Wainwright P Diamondbacks 1.Jean Segura 2B 2.Jake Lamb 3B 3.Paul Goldschmidt 1B 4.David Peralta CF 5.Yasmany Tomas LF 6.Wellington…