JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Senate has passed a proposal to spend about $241 million more than planned for the current fiscal year on unexpected expenses. Senators voted 33-0 in favor of the supplemental budget Wednesday. It now goes back to the House for final approval. Most of the money comes from federal…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Senate has passed a bill requiring law enforcement officers to get a warrant before using cell site simulators to track a suspect’s phone. The bill would require a warrant for officers to use devices that mimic cell phone towers to pinpoint electronic devices in real time. The devices…
( KTRS ) An 18-year-old has been charged with second-degree murder and other counts in the fatal shooting of a man on a light rail train near UMSL. St. Louis County prosecutors on Thursday charged Djion Oates in the death of 22-year-old Jesse Boone. Police say the shooting happened around 11:15 p.m. Wednesday night on…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis medical examiner says a fourth person has died from injuries suffered when a boiler exploded at a St. Louis business. The medical examiner’s office says 53-year-old Clifford Lee died Wednesday at St. Louis University Hospital. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Lee was with two friends Monday filling…
CHICAGO (AP) – Billionaire businessman J.B. Pritzker is expected to announce a bid for Illinois governor. The Chicago Democrat tweeted Thursday that he was readying for “the big announcement” above a picture with his son holding a sign reading “J.B. for Governor.” Pritzker’s campaign confirmed the tweet ahead of a Thursday afternoon event in Chicago…
Chesterfield, MO Â (KTRS) Â Plans are in the works to build a $55-millon sports complex in Chesterfield Valley. On Thursday night, the Baseball and Softball Education (BASE) Foundation will unveil its proposal during a fundraiser at Ballpark Village for the POWERplex, a 74-plus-acre campus to include dual-sport domes, multiple turfed fields, and educational facilities aimed at…
