FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) – A law enforcement task force has started a tip line to collect information about public corruption in Southern Illinois. U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois Donald Boyce and St. Clair County State’s Attorney Brendan Kelly say the phone number will be advertised on billboards. The task force investigates…
ST. LOUIS (AP) The St. Louis Cardinals say Hall of Fame outfielder Lou Brock was recently diagnosed with blood cancer. The 77-year-old Brock was supposed to appear at a Busch Stadium event on April 25, but that has been canceled while he is undergoing treatment for multiple myeloma. His left leg was amputated below the knee…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) Community leaders on both sides of the river are taking steps to make MetroLink safer in response to two recent murders. St. Louis Mayor-elect Lyda Krewson and St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger met with St. Clair County Board Chairman Mark Kern to discuss their safety plan. That plan is expected to be presented…
MADISON, ILL (AP) The Major Case Squad has been called in a case involving the death of a Madison, Illinois, man who was found lying by the side of a road this past weekend. Early Sunday, Madison Illinois Police responded to a call of a man lying on Big Bend Road, just east of Illinois Route…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) A Silver Alert for a missing elderly woman from north county has been canceled. The woman has been found safe. Police say 85-year-old Sallie Pearl Williams, who suffers from Alzheimer’s, had not been seen since leaving her Velda Village home around midnight. Williams left her residence on foot in unknown direction…
