(KTRS) – The St. Louis Metropolitan Taxicab Commission is set to hear rules concerning bicycle taxis. Some of the changes officials could consider including posting fares on pedicabs and performing background checks using fingerprints. The proposal would call for limiting predicab fares to $2 per block with an extra charge of $1 for a third…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A $2,500 reward is being offered to find whoever is responsible for shooting a dog in north St. Louis. The Humane Society of Missouri is putting up the money after a German Shepherd mix named “Cutie” was shot with a handgun near the intersection of Harney and Thrush around 5 p.m.…
Union, MO (KTRS) Police may be getting closer to finding an escaped inmate in Franklin County. Police say Jason Mills was spot Friday morning on the west side of Union. This resulted to Union schools being put on lock down. Mills escaped with fellow inmate Adam Moore from the Madison County Jail Sunday afternoon.…
Kirkwood, MO (KTRS) One person is dead after being hit by a freight train in Kirkwood. Union Pacific Railroad notified police that an engineer reported the train struck someone around 5 a.m Friday along Geyer Road near Big Bend . The victim’s body was found about an hour later. The name of the victim hasn’t been…
ST. CLAIR, Mo. (AP) – A fire in eastern Missouri is under investigation after a body was found inside a burned home. The Washington Missourian (http://bit.ly/1nRQlv5 ) reports that the fire was reported late Wednesday near St. Clair in Franklin County. Firefighters found the body inside the residence. The victim’s name has not been released.…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – When Illinois lawmakers revamped the Freedom of Information Act in 2009 and created an outside appeals process for public records requests denied by state government, they made an exception – themselves. Records requests denied by the General Assembly are not subject to review by the attorney general’s public access counselor, the…
