SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner says the White House is taking action to answer his questions about Syrian refugees entering the country. The Republican issued a statement Monday saying he spoke Friday with the deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. According to Rauner, the deputy – Alejandro Mayorkas – promised…
( KTRS ) A St. Louis man has been arrested for shooting a rookie St. Louis police officer. The 24-year-old probationary officer was patrolling with a sergeant Sunday night when they saw a man acting suspiciously. The man, identified as 23 yr old Walter Saddler then ran, and officers chased him through an alley. As…
(KTRS) – For the second time in the past two weeks, authorities are on the scene of a fatal accident at the same St. Louis County intersection. Just after 2 PM Monday two vehicles collided at the intersection of Highway 30 and Watson in Sunset Hills. One person was ejected from a car and died.…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The St. Louis Fire Department is urging residents to have working smoke detectors in their homes and about the dangers of secondary heating sources. This comes after a house fire in north St. Louis claimed the lives of three children over the weekend. Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson held a news conference…
Galloway’s office found governmental bodies sometimes discussed issues improperly during closed sessions
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The busy Thanksgiving travel season is underway at Lambert Airport. Airport officials say the travel season which began on Friday, increases up to twenty-percent. The biggest single travel day of the holiday for Lambert is project on Sunday. Lambert, TSA and Airline officials offer a number of travel tips to make…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A space heated in believed to have caused a weekend fire in north St. Louis that claimed the lives of three children. That’s according to fire investigators in Sunday morning’s fire along the 4900 block of Plover Avenue. Two adults and eight children were inside of the burning two-story structure when…
( KTRS ) Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is releasing a list of toys and children’s products that have been recalled in the past year. Madigan’s office says she’ll be joined by consumer product safety advocates on Monday to issue her annual Safe Shopping Guide. Her office says the list is aimed at ensuring a safe…
( KTRS ) Efforts to provide cannabis oil to some Missourians with a severe type of epilepsy are starting slowly, primarily because most neurologists in the state are unable or unwilling to certify patients to try it. The Missouri Legislature in 2014 legalized cannabis oil to treat intractable epilepsy, which can’t be controlled by other…
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) – A 21-year-old man has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for killing the owner of an East St. Louis beauty supply store two years ago during an attempted robbery. John Paraham of East St. Louis pleaded guilty Friday in St. Clair County Court to first-degree murder in the death of…