( KTRS ) Two suspicious packages found at a MertroLink station were made to look like bombs, that’s according to police. The packages were found around 8 pm Saturday night at the MetroLink station in Brentwood. A bomb and arson squad from the St. Louis County Police Department responded and the packages were removed without…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – While pressure grows on Gov. Bruce Rauner to identify where he would cut state spending, an Associated Press analysis shows that much more cutting would be needed to make a real difference. The AP reviewed the Republican governor’s latest annual fiscal plan released in February. It found at least 40 programs…
( KTRS ) A man was struck and killed on HWY 270 early Sunday morning. Police report that a vehicle was stalled in the southbound lanes near 44 yesterday and two men were attempting to move it to the shoulder when they were struck by an oncoming vehicle. 59 yr old Charles Boyd of Arnold…
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) – A published report shows jail visits of up to eight hours between a southern Illinois judge and a parolee who lived with him and was later charged with first-degree murder. Ron Duebbert, who won election in November, was placed on administrative duties following a January complaint filed against him with the…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – St. Louis County police are investigating the discovery of human bones found by people fishing in a subdivision’s lake. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that police police were called to the 20th block of Behlman Lake Court Saturday night after the people fishing saw the bones. The lake is in a subdivision south…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis police say a woman was shot and wounded by an officer after the driver of the car in which she was riding drove into a police vehicle. Police say the 27-year-old woman was treated at a hospital for a gunshot wound to her hand and shoulder. Investigators say the…
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court is asking the state of Missouri and a church that is suing because it was denied a state grant to make a case for whether the case should proceed. Gov. Eric Greitens on Thursday reversed a rule that prevents religious organizations from receiving state grants. A Supreme Court…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) St. Louis City’s homeless population is speaking out against the new “homeless shelter” — which is an otherwise unused warehouse, now that the New Life Evangelistic Center has been closed down. Some say they’re being targeted by St. Louis Police. Director of the New Life Evangelistic Center Downtown Larry Rice says the warehouse has…
BELLEVILLE, IL (KTRS) The St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a two-year-old’s death in Belleville early Friday. Sheriff’s deputies were called to a home in the 26-hundred block of Eastview Drive in Belleville about one o-clock Friday morning. The two-year-old boy was originally taken to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Belleville by the child’s mother and…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) The man who helped St. Louis Lambert International Airport weather several financial storms, Richard Hrabko, has passed away following a lengthy battle with cancer. Hrabko was 78. Hrabko was former director of both Lambert Airport as well as Spirit of St. Louis Airport, which he ran for more than 35 years. Hrabko was instrumental…