St. Louis, MO (KTRS) One man is dead and another is hospitalized following a shooting in north St. Louis. Police say this happened at around 8 p.m. Monday in the 3900 block of Natural Bridge. The surviving victim is listed in serious, but stable condition. The other victim died at the scene. There’s no word…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill says she’s returning to work after breast cancer treatment. The Democratic senator told reporters Monday that she has received a good prognosis. She spent three weeks in St. Louis receiving treatment, including surgery to remove a lump and some surrounding tissue. McCaskill said the cancer was detected…
( KTRS ) Voters in Missouri will be making their presidential choices in what could be a pivotal primary election day for some candidates. Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. today for Missouri primary voters. Residents in Florida, Illinois, North Carolina and Ohio also are holding presidential primaries. Republican billionaire businessman…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The University of Missouri curators have named a Kansas City doctor and a St. Louis attorney to lead the committee searching for a new University of Missouri president. The curators on Monday approved attorney Cheryl Walker and Dr. James Whitaker to head the committee. Both are University of Missouri graduates. The…
( KTRS ) Missouri House members are considering two Republican-sponsored bills aimed at expanding gun access at higher education institutions. Under one measure, schools that wanted to opt out would need to staff the doors of every building with armed security and metal detectors. The second bill also has exemptions, including some sporting events and areas with…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Chelsea Clinton was busy campaigning for her mother, Hillary Clinton on Monday. The former first daughter made four campaign stops in Missouri to drum up support for her mother ahead of Tuesday’s primary. Clinton attended a Working Mom’s Roundtable in Columbia, the Women for Hillary Organizing Event in Clayton, another Working…
(KTRS) – A St. Louis jury has awarded $5.2 million in a lawsuit filed over a fatal tent collapse at a sports bar near Busch Stadium. The Post-Dispatch reports that the family of Alfred Goodman, will get $2.4 million. Goodman was killed when 50 mile-an-hour wind gusts knocked over a tent that was next to…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Authorities in eastern Missouri are searching for an escaped county jail inmate after the capture of his accomplice. Missouri Highway Patrol Sergeant Clark Parrott tells the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that 38-year-old Jason Mills remains at large Monday after the Sunday afternoon escape from the Madison County Jail in Fredericktown. The jail…
(KTRS) – Voters take to the polls in five states tomorrow, including Illinois and Missouri for presidential primaries. On the Republican side of things, there are more than 350 delegates up for grabs–or more than a quarter of delegates needed to secure the party nomination. Democrats Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton will split up nearly…
Venice, IL (KTRS) Police need the public’s help in identifying a man whose body was found in the Mississippi River over the weekend. The victim was discovered in the river near Venice at around noon on Saturday. The victim is described as a white male, 6’00 tall, 240 pounds with multiple tattoos. One tattoo is the…