SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The state of Illinois is asking for the public’s help in cracking down on child human trafficking. The Illinois Department of Human Services on Monday said trafficking of children for sex occurs throughout Illinois. The department says it has investigated more than 600 allegations of the crime in Illinois since 2011.…
(KTRS) – Police are asking for help to find a Grafton, Illinois woman who hasn’t been seen in more than two days. Grafton police say that 42-year-old Heather Bardsley went missing late on the night of December 26. She was wearing a grey sweatshirt, blue jeans, and zebra-print rubber rain boots. Anyone with information on…
(KTRS/AP) – Despite a legal victory, the Planned Parenthood clinic in Columbia, Missouri cannot resume abortions. On Monday a judge blocked Missouri from revoking the clinic’s abortion license. The clinic cannot start performing abortions until they find a physician who meets the requirement that a doctor have local hospital admitting privileges.
( KTRS ) At a time of the year when both precipitation and the river level typically are low, there could be record crests in some places along the Mississippi. The river already was high due to an unseasonably warm, wet late fall and early winter. 6 to 10 inches of rain have fallen since…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The state of Illinois is asking for the public’s help in cracking down on child human trafficking. The Illinois Department of Human Services on Monday said trafficking of children for sex occurs throughout Illinois. The department says it has investigated more than 600 allegations of the crime in Illinois since 2011.…
PATOKA, Ill. (AP) – A Kentucky couple and their three children headed to visit family in Minnesota have been identified as the weekend drowning victims caught in a rain-swollen southern Illinois creek. Todd County, Kentucky, Coroner Timothy Wells told The Associated Press Monday that Adam Schutt and his wife Erin of Elkton died Saturday night…
( KTRS ) Authorities say more than 180 Missouri roads are closed or restricting traffic because of flooding. MoDOT official say the closures include eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 in St. Charles County. Lanes in both directions closed Sunday because of rising flood waters from the Dardenne Creek. Several bridges also are closed because of…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – A 21-year-old man is the latest suspect to be accused of assisting in the looting that followed last year’s grand jury decision not to indict a Ferguson police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1YN7YYW) reports that St. Louis County prosecutors have charged Donovan Doan of…
East St. Louis, IL (KTRS) The East St. Louis city manager who got the job after a failed mayoral re-election bid is out of a job. The City Council members voted Monday to fire Alvin Parks as the city struggles with a nearly $6 million budget shortfall. Longtime city employee Edith Moore was named interim city…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The city of St. Louis is under a weather emergency. Mayor Francis Slay issued that executive order on Monday in response to rising flood waters. The declaration activates the City’s Emergency Operations Center to coordinate response among City departments and services, along with outside partner agencies, such as MSD, Ameren, the…