UNION, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a Missouri woman who is charged with participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol is facing charges in a fatal accident in Franklin County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 22-year-old Emily Hernandez was drunk and driving a car the wrong way on Interstate 44…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A man standing near a truck that broke down in traffic on Interstate 44 in St. Louis was killed when an SUV ran into a trailer attached to the truck. Police said the crash happened around 10:45 a.m. Friday in downtown St. Louis. The man died at a hospital after he…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) Authorities credit the quick thinking and defensive driving skills of the bus driver in that school bus accident this morning on I-44 with preventing serious injuries among the schoolchildren aboard the bus. All 13 students have been treated and released from St. Louis Children’s Hospital. The bus was taking voluntary desegregation students to…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) Residents in Valley Park are being allowed back into their homes after city leaders lifted a mandatory evacuation order. City leaders lifted that order Friday morning as flood waters receded from the Meramec River. Clean up begins now, especially with the removal of sandbags. Those who can volunteer with sandbag…
St. Louis, MO (AP) Residents of areas hit hard by flooding in Missouri are getting some good news: River levels are subsiding, some evacuated residents will be allowed to go home and a closed interstate is reopening. Dropping water levels along the Meramec River on Thursday prompted the mayor of Valley Park to lift evacuation…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) Missouri Department of Transportation officials say Interstate 55, Route 61/67/Lemay Ferry/JeffCo Boulevard and Route 231/Telegraph Road at the Meramec between St. Louis Jefferson Counties are expected to close overnight because of the rising floodwaters. Flood relief efforts continue in the wake of the historic flooding in the region. St. Louis County leaders…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Flooding prompts more road closures in the region. Late Monday night crews closed Interstate 44 between I-270 in St. Louis County and Route 100/Gray Summit in Franklin County due to the rising waters of the Meramec River. In addition,Westbound I-44 is closed at I-270 while eastbound I-44 is closed at Route 100/Gray…
( KTRS ) Interstate 44 is now closed between Bowles Avenue and Route 109 in West County due to flooding of the Meramec River at Route 141. MoDOT spokesman Chris Kelly say the closure is between mile marker 264 and 273 and is expected to last a few days. Due to other closures in the…
(St. Louis, MO) — Drivers heading downtown on a beautiful Fall weekend will encounter some inconveniences. MODOT will completely close I-44 between Kingshighway and Jefferson Avenue starting at 8 o’clock tonight. The weekend ramp closures include the Lafayette and Jefferson Avenue ramps onto I-44 west, the ramps from Vandeventer and Grand onto eastbound-44 and the…