( KTRS ) Gov. Bruce Rauner wants to reduce the number of inmates in Illinois’ overcrowded prison system over the next decade. It’s one of few areas where he’s willing to devote money at a time when he’s urging lawmakers to be prudent with spending. Rauner’s first year in office has been defined by a…
(KTRS/Fox 2) St. Louis police are investigating the city’s 8th homicide after a weekend of violence. Fox 2 news reports the Sunday afternoon homicide took place on the city’s north side. Around 5pm officers were called to the area near Enright and Clarendon to a report of two males victims of a shooting. Upon arrival,…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) – Agriculture officials say it’s too soon to know if recent flooding in southeast Missouri damaged the area’s winter wheat crop. Anthony Ohmes, agronomy specialist at the University of Missouri Extension, told The Southeast Missourian (http://bit.ly/1PteKny ) that wheat crops can handle being submerged when it’s cold. But he says the…
UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. (AP) – The death of a 70-year-old man in University City marks the third time since 2013 that a victim has been fatally stabbed inside a home in the St. Louis suburb. Police are investigating to determine if there is a connection. August Lombardo was killed inside his two-family home. A co-worker…
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (AP) – The St. Louis area’s first medical marijuana dispensary is slated to open in the city’s Illinois suburbs. HCI Alternatives in Collinsville plans a grand opening at noon Monday at a retail location adjacent to the Illinois State Police’s regional headquarters. A second St. Louis-area dispensary in the village of Sauget near…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis Police are investigating another homicide. Police say a man was found shot to death in 5500 block of West Florissant Avenue in north St. Louis early Saturday morning. The victim’s name hasn’t been released. There’s no word of any arrests. The brings the unofficial murder count in St. Louis to…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A man is in stable condition at being shot by police in north St. Louis. Authorities say officers responding to a report of a shooting in the 5100 block of Cates Avenue early Saturday morning. Upon arrival, a 50-year-old man approached them. Then according to police, a 52-year-old man walked out…
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is seeking to dismiss lawsuits brought by two daily fantasy sports sites that claim their contests are games of skill allowed by state law. Madigan issued an advisory opinion last month saying daily fantasy sports betting is illegal gambling in Illinois. She’s said her opinion was prompted…
CHICAGO (AP) – Chicago Public Schools officials say they’re sending layoff notices to 227 administrative employees and closing up nearly 200 positions that were already vacant. The nation’s third-largest school district said in a news release that notices were being sent Friday, though 57 employees would be able to reapply for 35 positions. The district…
(KTRS) – The month-long search for a missing Eureka man is over. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says someone found Tyler Adams’ body on Thursday in a shed in the Bevo neighborhood. Adams was reported missing on December 4. Fox 2 reports that there does not appear to evidence of foul play at the scene…