Second Open House To Be Held On Coldwater Creek

Florissant, MO  (KTRS)  A second open house will be offered later this month for residents living near Coldwater Creek. The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry is hosting the event on January 26th Jamestown Bluff Branch of the St. Louis County Public Library. Residents can drop in anytime between 2 p.m. until 8 p.m.,…

Noranda slashing over half of smelter workforce

NEW MADRID, Mo. (AP) – More than half of the 850 employees at a southeast Missouri aluminum plant are being laid off. And the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (bit.ly/1Psqilb) reports that Noranda Aluminum plans to shut down the New Madrid smelter altogether unless its electricity rate is lowered further. The Franklin, Tennessee, company had already seen…

Suspected gang leader gets 25 yr prison sentence.

( KTRS ) A man suspected East St. Louis gang leader has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for multiple drug and weapons offenses. James L. Porter, Acting United States Attorney for Southern Illinois, reports that 40-year-old Ayiko Paulette of Cahokia, was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty to conspiring to distribute narcotics, running a…