SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The state of Illinois will resume sending vehicle emissions test notices after it stopped in December due to the lack of a state budget. The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and the Illinois Secretary of State said Wednesday that that the EPA’s vehicle emissions testing contractor, Applus Technologies Inc., has agreed to…
A Senate committee voted 5-2 Thursday to endorse holding regional Planned Parenthood CEO Mary Kogut in contempt of the Senate
Franklin County, MO (KTRS) A MODOT worker is dead after being struck by a motorist in Franklin County. The “St. Louis Post Dispatch” is reporting that this happened on Highway 100 at Buchheit Road at around 9:20 a.m. Thursday. Details of the incident haven’t been released. More information will be released as information becomes available.
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A man is recovering after being struck by a train just south of downtown St. Louis. Authorities say the man was hit by a Union Pacific train at South Second Street and Chouteau around 11 p.m. Wednesday. After he was struck, he became trapped under the train on the elevated tracks.…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Senate has endorsed updating the state’s laws on when police can use deadly force. Senators gave initial approval Wednesday to legislation that would bring Missouri’s use-of-force statute into compliance with parameters outlined in a 1985 U.S. Supreme Court decision. The court has ruled police can only use deadly force…
( KTRS ) Berkeley Police are investigating a suspicious, fatal, residential fire. Around 1:40 pm Wednesday afternoon Berkeley police and fire crews were called to a house fire in the 6100 block of Eaton. During investigation the bodies of two female victims were discovered. The victims have been identified as 61 yr old Gerry Denise…
