Wildwood, MO (KTRS) Grief counselors are on hand today at Babler Elementary to help students and staff cope with the death of a classmate. Police say 7-year-old Rachel Bick and her father were crossing 109 at Shepard Road Saturday night when she was struck by an SUV. The first grader was taken to the hospital,…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The rivalry between Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan continues to intensify during Illinois’ 10-month budget stalemate, leaving little hope that the state will have a spending plan any time soon. Neither man has budged from their respective positions in a battle of attrition that has left…
( KTRS ) St. Louis County’s Accident Reconstruction team has been called out for a fatal accident. Sunday around 3:15 pm at New Jamestown Road and Krenski in North St. Louis County, a driver was killed in a single vehicle accident. Police say the driver was speeding, lost control of the vehicle and struck a…
( KTRS ) The University of Missouri is countersuing a law school professor who has asked a court to invalidate the university’s ban on firearms. Royce Barondes filed a lawsuit against the university in September, claiming the school’s rules violate his constitutional rights as well as state law. Since then, the university’s team of private…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri cities no longer could ban pit bulls under a bill advancing in the Legislature. The measure passed 117-17 by the House last week would ban breed-specific local ordinances. That means municipalities no longer could ban pit bulls or other dog breeds sometimes considered dangerous. Sponsors say pit bulls are no more…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal judge in St. Louis is weighing whether to sign off on a $1.6 million settlement to a class-action lawsuit involving tens of thousands of unsolicited faxes. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the proposed settlement could amount to up to $180 per copy for dental businesses that claimed Indiana-based…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster’s fundraising continues to outpace the rest of the candidates running for Missouri governor. Campaign finance reports released Friday show Koster raised $2.2 million between the beginning of the year and the end of March. Koster’s $7.4 million in cash on hand is also larger than…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster’s fundraising continues to outpace the rest of the candidates running for Missouri governor. Campaign finance reports released Friday show Koster raised $2.2 million between the beginning of the year and the end of March. Koster’s $7.4 million in cash on hand is also larger than…
(KTRS) – Former banker Shaun Hayes and developer Michael Litz were indicted for crimes, including bank fraud this week. The Post-Dispatch reports that prosecutors say that after Hayes bought control of Excel Bank in 2007, he convinced the bank to purchase loans from Litz’s development company. The issue is that prosecutors say both men knew…
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) – The 26-year-old son of a former Alorton mayor has been sentenced to consecutive life sentences for killing two men in the nearby village of Washington Park. Randy McCallum Jr. was sentenced Thursday in St. Clair County Circuit Court following his February first-degree murder convictions in the 2009 deaths of Charles Black…