(Belleville) – KTRS A father and son have been charged with a series of thefts from vehicles and a couple of stolen cars as well. The St. Clair County State’s Attorney office charged 40-year old Robert Scales and his 20-year old son, Jordan Scales, for the crimes which included stealing a car In Mascoutah on…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois finally has a budget plan after two years. Now, to start paying bills. The Democratic-controlled Legislature’s vote last week to create a $36 billion framework over Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner’s vetoes ended the nation’s longest fiscal stalemate since at least the Great Depression. At the core of the budget was…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Multiple shootings kept police in the city of St. Louis busy over the weekend. Police say on Friday night two men were gunned down in a drive by shooting near Union Station. One of the victims died and the other is in critical condition. Around 10:30 p.m. Saturday, a man was…
CHICAGO (AP) — The Illinois State Board of Elections says it won’t provide information about registered voters to President Donald Trump’s voting commission. Ken Menzel is general counsel for the state board. In a letter to the commission Friday, Menzel says Illinois law limits the release of voter information to political committees and government entities,…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Republicans want to make it a crime for abortion clinic staff to ask ambulances to respond to calls at their facilities without sirens or lights, a move that abortion-rights advocates say is unnecessary and another veiled attempt to restrict access to abortion providers. The proposal would establish a misdemeanor…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police are investigating a fatal shooting in north St. Louis. Police say a man was gunned down late Saturday night on Clara Avenue. He was pronounced dead at the scene. There’s no word of any arrests or a motive. The victim’s name hasn’t been released.
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) One man is dead and another is hospitalized after a shooting in downtown St. Louis. Police say the shooting happened near the intersection of Clark and 18th. Street around 9 p.m. Friday. This all unfolded as fans were leaving the Cardinals’ game, resulting in a heavy police presence around Busch Stadium.…
WARRENSBURG, Mo. (AP) — Animal control officials are trying to determine who abandoned more than a dozen dogs and puppies in Warrensburg. Sarah Patton, the director of the Warrensburg Animal Shelter, says 16 dogs were found alive and one had died, after possibly being hit by a train. They were discovered this week near baseball…
AUGUSTA, MO (KTRS) Scary moments for the two occupants of a single engine plane that made an emergency landing in Augusta, Missouri, Friday afternoon. St. Charles County Police say they responded to the area of Public Street and Highway 94 about one o-clock today for reports of a down aircraft. The plane with its two occupants…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri voters have flooded Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s office with calls expressing concern about his decision to give some voter registration information to a national commission investigating alleged voter fraud. The office received “literally hundreds of calls” this week,” spokeswoman Maura Browning said Thursday. Many callers were concerned that the…