(KTRS) – Missouri residents are turning to ballot proposals to address issues that politicians seem unwilling to confront. There are already more than 170 proposals submitted to state officials to be considered for the 2016 ballot. That is a 20% increase from 2014 and a huge increase from 2004, when just 16 initiatives were submitted.…
PATOKA, Ill. (AP) – A coroner says three adults and two children have drowned in southern Illinois after the vehicle they were riding in was swept away and sank in a rain-swollen creek. Marion County Coroner Troy Cannon says the swift moving East Fork Creek carried the car off a low-water bridge near the town…
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (AP) – The nascent medical marijuana business in Illinois is off to a slow start with fewer than 4,000 approved patients. That hasn’t kept away a cadre of cannabis entrepreneurs who once relied on guns, badges, tough drug laws and lengthy prison sentences to fight the drug. The Associated Press has identified no…
( KTRS ) North County police are investigating a bank robbery that occurred, the day after Christmas. Saturday around noon officers from the North County Precinct responded to the Neighbors Credit Union located at 11899 New Halls Ferry rd for a report of an armed robbery. Authorities say an unknown black male, about 5’6” tall,…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Republican lawmakers in Missouri will try again in 2016 to require voters to present photo identification at the polls. Lawmakers pre-filed measures to change the state constitution and state law to require photo ID for voting. Senate sponsor Will Kraus says photo ID could prevent fraud by individuals impersonating other…
( KTRS ) Heavy rain has pushed creeks and rivers out of their banks across Missouri, causing the deaths of at least six people. The National Weather Service on Sunday issued flash flood warnings for much of Missouri, where three to six inches of rain fell during the weekend. Up to four inches more rain…
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — The National Weather Service says up to 8 inches of rain could fall across southwest and eastern Missouri overnight and into Sunday, with a flash flood watch in effect for more than one-third of the state. The heaviest rain was expected early Sunday morning along a line from the southwest corner…
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A southwest Missouri lawmaker is proposing a bill that would let people buy guns one day a year without paying taxes on them. Republican Representative Jered Taylor of Nixa says Missouri residents want to protect their families but might not be able to afford guns if they have to pay taxes…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two men are dead after one of them drove the wrong way on Interstate 70 in north St. Louis and collided with a vehicle driven by the other. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the crash happened at 4:58 a.m. Friday, forcing the eastbound lanes of the interstate to be temporarily…
FULTON, Mo. (AP) — A central Missouri judge says the furry canines she has been bringing into her courtroom once a week since September provide a calming effect for young witnesses on the abuse and neglect docket. The Jefferson City News-Tribune reports Associate Circuit Judge Sue Crane says the therapy dogs that come into Callaway…