( KTRS ) Some Missouri lawmakers want to protect lodging websites such as Airbnb from restrictive city ordinances. House members on Monday approved the legislation, which includes a laundry list of other provisions. The measure already passed the Senate, but will head back to that chamber because of amendments. The aim is to stop restrictions…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Adam Wainwright pitched six innings and hit a three-run home run – the first of five for St. Louis – as the Cardinals snapped a four-game losing streak with a 10-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday night. Matt Adams, rookie Aledmys Diaz and Randal Grichuk added solo homers and…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – An Illinois advisory board is once again recommending that Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration add new health conditions to a list of what can be treated legally with medical marijuana. The Medical Cannabis Advisory Board met Monday in Springfield. Its members voted to recommend Type 1 diabetes and panic disorder to the…
MARION, Ill. (AP) – A Southern Illinois police department is getting new cameras for its squad cars. The Southern Illinoisan reports (http://bit.ly/26M35pL ) the Marion City Council has secured a loan for more than $100,000 to buy 29 in-car cameras. Marion Police chief Dawn Tondini says the cameras currently mounted inside squad cars are more than…
( KTRS ) The Missouri House has passed a bill to bar city and county officials from setting traffic-ticket quotas for police departments. House members tacked on a number of additional provisions to the bill before passing it Monday, that means it will head back to the Senate. The bill is aimed at stopping public officials…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Ameren Missouri is proposing two voluntary programs that would require customers’ to support more solar power. One program would ask residential customers to pay a bit more each month to finance a new solar plant. The second effort would look for commercial customers that would allow Ameren to install solar panels…
DALLAS (AP) – Blues captain David Backes scored off a rebound during a power play 10:58 into overtime and St. Louis beat the Dallas Stars 4-3 in Game 2 on Sunday to get even in the second-round series. St. Louis was on its second power play of overtime after Antoine Roussel was called for interference.…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s Republican-led Legislature is weighing a number of tax breaks for businesses as the session wraps up. Proposed tax breaks range from a package of small business incentives to an exemption for farmers who raise deer to sell their urine. The small business proposal is close to passage. Businesses with…
BALLWIN, Mo. (AP) – Donald Trump has complained about a “rigged” political system, and after Missouri’s congressional district conventions, some of his supporters agree with him. The New York businessman narrowly defeated Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in Missouri’s presidential primary on March 15, earning 37 of the state’s 52 delegates to the Republican National Convention…
( KTRS ) The Bridgeton Police Department has issued an Endangered Silver Advisory Alert for a missing elderly woman. 71 yr old Delores Robinson, was last seen walking eastbound on foot from a Kohl’s department store on St. Charles Rock Road. Authorities report that Ms. Robinson suffers from dementia. She was last seen wearing a…