( KTRS ) Suppoters of initiatives aimed at sales taxes, cigarette taxes and medical marijuana submitted petitions Sunday in hopes of getting their proposals on Missouri’s November ballot. The submitted petitions included two proposed constitutional amendments, one that would prohibit state and local governments from charging sales tax on any services that weren’t already taxed as…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Law enforcement departments’ powerful devices that mimic cell towers and track phone locations are raising privacy concerns and inspiring legislation to restrict their use in criminal investigations. Illinois is among states around the country trying to set rules for the suitcase-sized cell-site simulators, also known as Stingrays. They are capable of…
RIDGEDALE, Mo. (AP) – Instead of panicking, Johnny Morris saw an adventure worth digging into when a massive sinkhole swallowed tons of earth at his exquisite golf course deep in the Missouri Ozarks. Experts urged the 68-year-old founder of outdoors megastore Bass Pro Shops to fill the 40-foot-deep hole at Top of the Rock Golf…
( KTRS ) Police in a central Illinois are searching for the suspect in a weekend shooting of a police officer. Saturday night around 10:45 p.m., a Mahomet Police Officer conducted a traffic stop involving 35 yr old Dracy “Clint” Pendleton. Authorities haven’t stated why, but during the traffic stop the officer and Pendleton exchanged…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Jaime Garcia pitched seven sharp innings, Brandon Moss hit a long home run and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-0 on Thursday. Stephen Piscotty drove in two runs and also made an outstanding catch in right field to help preserve the shutout. St. Louis won three of four…
( KTRS ) A bill to increase funding for financially struggling Illinois colleges and universities has cleared the state Senate. Lawmakers approved the $454 million bill on a near unanimous vote and sent the measure to the House on Thursday. Democrats who control the Legislature and Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner have been unable to agree…
HARTFORD, Ill. (AP) – A Southern Illinois historic site is celebrating the anniversary of the start of Lewis and Clark’s legendary expedition of the West. The Lewis and Clark State Historic Site in Hartford will welcome more than 800 fourth-graders on May 13. They’ll do many of the same things that troops did to prepare…
CHICAGO (AP) – A member of Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration says the Republican governor will not endorse Donald Trump as the GOP standard-bearer in the November election. Rauner declined to back a candidate during the once-crowded GOP nomination process, although he did express dismay with Trump’s rhetoric. Rauner’s aide, who spoke on condition of anonymity…
( KTRS ) Police are investigating a Thursday evening shooting that left 1 dead and a 14 yr old boy injured. Around 5:40 p.m. police responded to a shooting that occurred near the intersection of Northgate and Coberg. Authorities report the suspect, an unknown black male, exchanged gunfire with one of the victims near the…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Matt Holliday’s RBI single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning gave the St. Louis Cardinals a 5-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday night. The Cardinals had lost five of their last six games while the Phillies had won seven of eight and 10 of 12.…