DIXON, Mo. (AP) – A sheriff says the body of a fifth international soldier from Fort Leonard Wood who died in weekend flooding has been found. Pulaski County Sheriff Ron Long said the soldier’s body was recovered Tuesday. He was with four other soldiers who drowned in Pulaski County Saturday. The bodies of the other…
( KTRS ) Drivers beware, a potential shutdown of I-44 just west of Highway 141 is expected soon. MoDOT officials predict a shutdown of the interstate could be coming by 6 a.m. Wednesday morning. -Rising floodwaters are to blame. Fox 2 news reports that Fenton city officials are also weighing possible evacuations. Sandbagging efforts took…
( KTRS ) At a time of the year when both precipitation and the river level typically are low, there could be record crests in some places along the Mississippi. The river already was high due to an unseasonably warm, wet late fall and early winter. 6 to 10 inches of rain have fallen since…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The state of Illinois is asking for the public’s help in cracking down on child human trafficking. The Illinois Department of Human Services on Monday said trafficking of children for sex occurs throughout Illinois. The department says it has investigated more than 600 allegations of the crime in Illinois since 2011.…
PATOKA, Ill. (AP) – A Kentucky couple and their three children headed to visit family in Minnesota have been identified as the weekend drowning victims caught in a rain-swollen southern Illinois creek. Todd County, Kentucky, Coroner Timothy Wells told The Associated Press Monday that Adam Schutt and his wife Erin of Elkton died Saturday night…
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister, the Motorhead frontman whose outsized persona made him a hero for generations of hard-rockers and metal-heads, has died. He was 70; his birthday was on Christmas Eve. Agent Andrew Goodfriend tells The Associated Press that Kilmister died on Monday in Los Angeles after a brief battle with aggressive…
( KTRS ) Authorities say more than 180 Missouri roads are closed or restricting traffic because of flooding. MoDOT official say the closures include eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 in St. Charles County. Lanes in both directions closed Sunday because of rising flood waters from the Dardenne Creek. Several bridges also are closed because of…
SEATTLE (AP) – Todd Gurley scored on a 2-yard TD run with 10:34 left, Akeem Ayers returned a fumble 45 yards for a touchdown in the first quarter and the St. Louis Rams ended Seattle’s five-game win streak with a 23-17 victory over the Seahawks on Sunday. St. Louis swept the season series from the…
PATOKA, Ill. (AP) – A coroner says three adults and two children have drowned in southern Illinois after the vehicle they were riding in was swept away and sank in a rain-swollen creek. Marion County Coroner Troy Cannon says the swift moving East Fork Creek carried the car off a low-water bridge near the town…
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (AP) – The nascent medical marijuana business in Illinois is off to a slow start with fewer than 4,000 approved patients. That hasn’t kept away a cadre of cannabis entrepreneurs who once relied on guns, badges, tough drug laws and lengthy prison sentences to fight the drug. The Associated Press has identified no…