(KTRS) – A burglar is dead, police say he was killed during an attempted home invasion in north county. The homeowner told police that he heard someone banging on his door around 10:30 and saw two people he did not recognize on his front porch. That is when the man said he went to get…
Lesterville, MO  (KTRS)  Today marks the ten year anniversary of the collapse of the Taum Sauk reservoir in southeast Missouri.. A massive wall of water poured down Proffit Mountain on Dec. 14, 2005, when a 700-foot section of the Taum Sauk dam gave way. Fortunately, the campground below the mountain had no visitors. However, the park…
St. Louis, MO Â (KTRS) Â St. Louis Police are investigating the 186th homicide of the year. Police say a man was found shot to death Sunday morning along the 3700 block of Lincoln Avenue in north St. Louis. The victim’s name hasn’t been released. There’s no word of any arrests. St. Louis had 159 murders for…
St. Louis, MO  (KTRS)  Data in a new study points to large annual costs and excessive municipal regulations in the St. Louis region. This comes from the first of a series of reports released Monday by Better Together. In 2014, St. Louis City, St. Louis County, and the ninety municipal governments in St. Louis County spent…
( KTRS ) Lawmakers from the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus are releasing a report about how the state’s budget stalemate is impacting the black population. Illinois has been operating without a spending plan since July 1, with Democrats who control the Legislature and Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner in a standoff over how to proceed. Democrats…
MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. (AP) – Police say a fatal shooting was prompted by an argument over loud music at an apartment building in south Maryland Heights. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports (http://bit.ly/1J6fJSm ) that a 35-year-old man died in a local hospital shortly after suffering multiple gunshot wounds around 3:30 p.m. Saturday in the Bennington…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Amtrak says that its passenger numbers in Illinois fell to about 1.3 million in the latest fiscal year, or a decline of about 4 percent. The (Springfield) State Journal-Register reports (http://bit.ly/1NXLsGO) that the passenger rail service attributes the drop to low gasoline prices and high-speed rail construction between Chicago and St.…
( KTRS ) Charges have been filed against a 23 yr old man for shooting at a Police officer, after a traffic stop went bad. Authorities report that Nathaniel Anderson has been charged with two counts of Unlawful Use of a Weapon, two counts of Armed Criminal Action and two counts of Resisting Arrest. Last…
