JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri lawmakers are considering several measures to combat what they call a heroin epidemic. The House voted 154-2 Thursday to allow pharmacists to sell naloxone, which temporarily counteracts the effects of opiates and is used to treat overdoses. The bill now heads to the Senate. Republican Rep. Holly Rehder has…
Ironton, MO Â (KTRS) Â An autopsy will be performed on Thursday on a three-year-old boy who went missing from his grandfather’s home in southeast Missouri. Investigators say the body of Titus Tackett was found late Wednesday morning in a minivan, about a mile from his grandfather’s home in Ironton. Â A search was launched after family members…
St. Charles County, MO Â (KTRS) Â The Missouri Department of Transportation is facing legal action following a traffic accident near Wentzville that claimed the lives of a mother and her two children last month. Relatives of the victims, 36-year-old Jacqueline Faudi and her 6-year-old and 7-month-old daughters, filed a wrongful death suit against MODOT this week.…
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois Emergency Management Agency is asking its federal counterpart for more time to assess damage form early-winter floods that struck nearly two dozen counties. The Belleville News-Democrat ( bit.ly/1V4hHcw ) reports that the state agency is seeking to extend the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Friday deadline for damage assessments until…
HILLSBORO, Ill. (AP) – The owner of a southern Illinois coal mine where an underground fire has smoldered for nearly a year is asking state regulators to approve an expansion that some local residents fear could jeopardize public health and cause environmental damage. Foresight Energy ceased production at its Deer Run Mine in early January…
( KTRS ) A Senate panel is considering four bills that would change Missouri’s laws on texting while driving, seatbelts and motorcycle helmets. One bill reviewed in a hearing Wednesday would require everyone in a car to wear a seatbelt, including adults in the backseat. Two other proposals would ban texting while driving, which currently is…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Doctors could charge Medicaid patients a fee for missing appointments under a bill that has won initial approval in the Missouri Senate. Senators endorsed the bill Wednesday after adding a section designed to make it easier for health care providers to advertise their cost estimates. The legislation would allow doctors…
(KTRS) – A tragic end to the search for a missing 3-year-old Iron County boy. The Missouri State Highway Patrol confirms that Titus Tackett was found dead in a van. Patrol Sergeant Clark Parrott said they were alerted to boy’s location by someone leaving the home where the van was parked. Titus was last seen…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois motorists will stop receiving mailed notifications about vehicle emissions testing, starting with vehicle owners whose license plates expire at the end of March. The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and the Illinois Secretary of State’s office announced the temporary policy changes regarding vehicle emission test notification and vehicle renewal procedures on…
he bill would require students entering ninth grade after July 1, 2017, to pass a civics test