Revenue agency gives records after Missouri auditor subpoena
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s Department of Revenue has provided records following a subpoena by the state auditor. The agency released the documents Thursday, the day after Auditor Nicole Galloway issued a subpoena. Republican Gov. Eric Greitens’ spokesman Parker Briden called the action by the Democratic auditor a “political stunt.” Galloway had said she…
8th suspect in Saks Fifth Ave smash and grab charged
( KTRS ) Â The last person in a gang that robbed a Saks Fifth Avenue store in St. Louis has been charged. 22 yr old Dejuan Wingard of Chicago pleaded guilty yesterday in St. Louis to a charge of interstate transportation of stolen property. The smash and grab took place last November in Frontenac. At…
Man found breathing lightly after being shot in head
( KTRS ) Police are investigating after a man was shot in the head early Thursday morning in north St. Louis. The victim was found unconscious and lightly breathing around 8:30am yesterday, in an apartment in the 4600 block of Cottage. The man was taken to hospital but his current condition is unknown at this…
Illinois unemployment rate drops to 4.9 percent in March
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…
Suspect Charged After Inmates Treated for Suspected Opioid Overdoses
BELLEVILLE, IL (KTRS)Â 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…
Gunman Kills 2 Laclede Gas Workers Before Killing Himself
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…