CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois officials say the state’s unemployment rate fell .5 percentage points to 4.9 percent in March. The Illinois Department of Employment Security reported Thursday that the jobless level is now below 5 percent for the first time in a decade. But Illinois’ unemployment rate is still higher than the national unemployment rate…
BELLEVILLE, IL (KTRS) Three inmates of the Madison County jail in Belleville, IL, are being treated for a drug overdose … from an inmate who authorities say smuggled in opioids inside a body cavity. Madison County sheriff’s deputies say three female inmates were being held Wednesday in a temporary holding cell when they noticed the three…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) In the north city neighborhood of Hamilton Heights, three people, including two Laclede gas workers, are dead, the result of a shooting in the 5900 hundred block of Minerva just before noon Thursday. St. Louis police say a gunman opened fire on two Laclede gas workers, killing both of them, before fatally…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Bi-State Development is facing a civil lawsuit in connection with a man who died after an attack at MetroLink station last year. The parents of the victim, Jordan Taynor, Molly Clayton and David Taynor filed the suit on Wednesday alleging that the agency failed to provide adequate security. Taylor suffered a head…
( KTRS ) Authorities in north county are investigating a double homicide. Police report that officers were called to the 10500 block of Druid in Bellefontaine Neighbors around 6:30pm yesterday evening. On arrival two men were found fatally shot inside a home. Police say they are looking for a person of interest, but no arrests…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s Democratic Auditor Nicole Galloway has issued a subpoena to the state revenue department for information on tax refunds. Galloway issued the subpoena Wednesday. She told reporters she’s waited six weeks for information on the number of overdue tax refunds and whether the department is meeting the 45-day deadline to…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri House has given initial approval to a proposal that sets stricter requirements for tracking fetal tissue after abortions. The proposal passed by a voice vote Wednesday. The bill would prohibit anyone from donating fetal tissue from an abortion for scientific purposes. It also sets stricter standards for pathologists…
WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court is signaling that it’ll rule for a Columbia, Missouri, church that wants state money to put a soft surface on its preschool playground. The case was argued before the justices Wednesday – and it’s being closely watched by proponents of school vouchers. During arguments, liberal and conservative justices alike seem troubled…
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) Missouri’s Democratic Auditor Nicole Galloway has issued a subpoena to the state revenue department for information on tax refunds. Galloway told reporters she’s waited six weeks for information on the number of overdue tax refunds and whether the department is meeting the 45-day deadline to issue refunds as required by state law. The…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) Following a morning meeting with Mayor Lyda Krewson and other city leaders, St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson is retiring. In a news release from her office on her first full day in office, Krewson says Dotson, a 23-year veteran of the Police Department, will continue to serve the police force as a…