( KTRS ) Police are investigating after a 12 yr old was shot in the mouth. Authorities say the incident happened Sunday evening around 5:15. The circumstances of the shooting are not yet known. Police were called to the 2600 of Caroline Street in the Gate District, and the boy was taken to the hospital.…
( KTRS ) Drivers in the St. Louis area should be aware of major roads closures due to rising flood waters that will affect their morning commute. Modot officials say there are more than 40 roads closed to due flooding in the St. Louis area alone. Crews have closed Route 141 in both directions at…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Thousands of workers in St. Louis are preparing to see a jump in pay now that the Missouri Supreme Court has declined to halt the city’s new minimum wage, but some in the business community fear it will do more harm than good. The court ruling means the city’s minimum wage…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois Department of Corrections has withdrawn its plan to lay off 124 nurses while continuing to negotiate with the state employees’ union. Corrections spokeswoman Nicole Wilson said Thursday the department had informed the Illinois Nurses Association that it would not remove the nurses June 15. She says prison officials are…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri House members want more information on how much money the state is paying in lawsuit settlements and judgments. House members voted 150-1 on Thursday to pass legislation to require the attorney general and administration commissioner to update lawmakers and others monthly on state legal expenses. The bill comes after…
ST. LOUIS ( KTRS ) St. Louis Police have released the name of the child who was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver on the north side Thursday night. She’s six-year-old Janell Rice of the 45-hundred block of Natural Bridge. Police say she was struck last night at the intersection of Labadie and Norwood.…
( KTRS) A man has died from his injuries after being shot last week during a fight with a friend. Police are now reporting that 20 yr Jarvis Jenkins died Monday, he was shot April 18th in 2100 block of East Adelaide. Police say that Jenkins and another man got into argument, then a fight,…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri lawmakers are pushing legislation that would make it harder for judges to require domestic violence victims to disclose confidential addresses. House and Senate leadership announced Wednesday that they would push an amendment to allow the secretary of state to intervene if a court wanted to require a person protected…
( KTRS ) The Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis is investigating a triple homicide in Pine Lawn. The shooting happened shortly after 10 a.m. yesterday in the 4500 block of Rosewood. Three male victims were found dead at the scene by arriving officers. The victims have been identified as 29 yr old Andrew…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Don’t toss the grammar-school composition paper yet. The Illinois House approved legislation 67-48 Wednesday requiring elementary and high schools to teach cursive writing. The sponsor is Chicago Democratic Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch. He says it’s important that tech-savvy children to retain cursive writing to read historical documents, write personal notes and…