JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Supporters of right to work in Missouri are coming together to raise money to fend off attacks on the new law. Liberty Alliance attorney Edward Greim says the political action committee’s goal is to support the law banning mandatory union fees, which is set to take effect in August. Union…
( KTRS ) City officials in West Alton have issued a voluntary evacuation notice for residents and businesses. The notice was issued Tuesday after the latest prediction said the Missouri river was expected to crest at 36.3 feet. The current levee height guarding the town is only 36 feet tall. Note – The evacuation order…
( KTRS ) The Missouri Department of Transportation has closed I-55, Lemay Ferry and Telegraph road. Other closures that will effect your morning Wednesday commute include 21 at Tesson Ferry and Route 141 at the Romaine Creek. MoDOT closed I-44 between I-270 and Grays Summit Monday night. Local westbound traffic can still get through to…
ROLLA, Mo. (AP) – The new president of the four-campus University of Missouri System says faculty will be added despite reduced budgets. President Mun Choi said Friday that the university is not “retrenching” in the face of budget shortfalls. He says the Missouri University of Science and Technology will add 18 faculty members. Faculty also…
( KTRS ) Areas of Jefferson County are under a mandatory boil order. Public Water Supply officials say residents living in Fenton, High Ridge, House Springs, Byrnesmill, and parts of Eureka, should boil their water for at least three minutes before drinking or cooking. The boil order only effects customer who are served by Public…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The governor of Illinois has activated the State Emergency Operations Center as flooding affects parts of the state after heaving weekend rains. Gov. Bruce Rauner on Monday morning said rivers are swelling with water in some Illinois communities, causing flooding. Activating the operations center means that state agencies will be ready…
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) – A former H&M loss prevention officer who faces two counts of kidnapping and one count of rape was also accused of another incident more than seven months earlier. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 36-year-old Shaun Ivy was accused in August of having an 18-year-old woman drive to a remote…
ST. CHARLES ( KTRS ) An Endangered Silver Advisory that had been issued for 74-year-old Burlan Thomas is canceled. He was last seen around 6:30 Monday evening in the 2300 block of Gallaher Ave. Police say Thomas suffers from dementia, high blood pressure and sickle-cell anemia. Police say Thomas has been found safe and is back…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Republican Gov. Eric Greitens has agreed to pay a penalty to the state Ethics Commission for failing to report that his gubernatorial campaign got a donor list from a charity he founded. Greitens’ campaign adviser Austin Chambers said Saturday that the violation was a “simple campaign finance matter –…
( KTRS ) Authorities say they have recovered the body of a missing elderly man. The Missouri Highway Water Patrol reports that 79 yr old Clifford Brandt, of Cedar Hill in Jefferson County, is believed to have drowned. He apparently went to look at the high water in a local creek around 4pm yesterday an…