JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Two small cities in suburban St. Louis have scrapped certain municipal court fees in response to critical state audits. Missouri Auditor Nicole Galloway on Tuesday released audits of the Foristell and St. Ann courts. Her office found that Foristell, located in St. Charles and Warren counties, assessed a “potentially improper” $100…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A century-old confessional door has been stolen from a historic south St. Louis Catholic church. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports (http://bit.ly/1U3WRcs ) that police are investigating the theft of the door, which was stolen on Sunday or Monday from St. Francis de Sales Oratory. The Rev. Canon Andrew Todd, a vicar…
BOSTON (AP) – Jake Allen stopped 32 shots for his fifth shutout, Vladimir Tarasenko and Robby Fabbri scored third-period goals and the St. Louis Blues cooled off the Boston Bruins with a 2-0 victory Tuesday night. It was only the second regulation loss in 16 games for Boston (11-2-3). St. Louis posted its fifth win…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s population growth is lagging behind the national rate. U.S. Census Bureau figures released Tuesday estimate that Missouri’s population grew by fewer than 20,000 people from 2014 to 2015, to a total of 6.08 million people. That’s a growth rate of about three-tenths of a percent – well shy of the…
( KTRS ) The National Recreation and Park Association is partnering with Great Rivers Greenway and the City of Wellston to build a new park. The new park – named Trojan Park, is part of the NRPA’s annual Parks Build Community initiative. Officials say it will be located on the southwest corner of Skinker and…
( KTRS ) A 20 yr old man has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting that happened in June. St. Louis County Police spokeswoman Schron Jackson reports that Rashid Williams is facing several charges including 1st Degree Murder. On June 28th, officers responded to a call for a “shooting” in the 6000 block…
BETHALTO, Ill. (AP) – A former southwestern Illinois teacher has pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse involving eight victims. The guilty plea by 28-year-old Jason E. Ehlers of Bethalto came Monday in Madison County Circuit Court. Ehlers was a teacher in the Triad School District when he was charged in April 2014 with 10 felony…
( KTRS ) A man and a woman have been charged in the death of an Illinois man whose body was found in the trunk of their vehicle after a police chase. Police discovered the body of 45-year-old Roderick Taylor of Collinsville,IL. on Thursday night after a vehicle driven by 31-year-old George Tillman of Belleville,IL.…
( KTRS ) Police in St. Louis County say that a 15-year-old has turned himself in following a 3-year-old boy’s shooting death. Police spokesman Shawn McGuire says the toddler was shot in the abdomen Monday morning at a home in the 1600 Block of Emerald Creek Drive, near Florissant, and died later at a local…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A former Missouri lawmaker has been appointed to a new judgeship in Clay County. Gov. Jay Nixon said Monday that he has appointed Tim Flook, of Liberty, to serve as an associate circuit judge in Clay County. Flook is a Republican who served in the Missouri House from 2005 through 2010.…