St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis City leaders are urging voters to say yes to a measure to maintain the city’s earnings tax. A media briefing was held Tuesday morning to outline the need according to supporters of contining this tax that has been in place for decades. St. Louis Chief of Staff Mary Ellen…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The Environmental Protection Agency says its contractors collected nearly 3,000 tons of residential debris and hazardous material as part of a flood cleanup effort in eastern Missouri. EPA Region 7 said Tuesday that the material was collected following the devastating December floods that caused significant damage in St. Louis, St. Charles,…
( KTRS ) A clerk at a St. Louis Walmart optical store is facing charges for allegedly sending explicit photos of himself to female customers. Court records allege 20 yr Elver Sivac told police he used store records to learn the phone numbers of women and texted photos to six of them. He is charged…
PALMYRA, Ill. (AP) – At least 10 law enforcement agencies in Illinois have turned to the Internet to raise enough money to purchase body cameras for officers. As of Friday, departments in Palmyra, Benld, South Pekin, East St. Louis and six other municipalities in the state had signed up for free on the website BodyCameraDonations.com…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has demanded that a financially shaky Peabody Energy prove it has the $92 million necessary to restore Illinois mining land if it shuts down. Madigan sent a letter Monday to the St. Louis-based coal company seeking details on the bond amount available for its southern Illinois…
( KTRS ) Fire departments all around St. Louis are trying to find the source of the haze that has blanketed the area. The smoky haze has residents from South St. Louis to Jefferson County, and central St. Louis County calling area fire departments. In addition, authorities in Columbia and Valmeyer, IL. are also searching…
