( KTRS ) A St. Louis police officer who fatally shot 18-year-old VonDerrit Myers Jr. last fall has resigned after police opened an investigation into whether he was drunk when crashed his squad car. Police spokeswoman Schron Jackson reports that officer Jason Flanery was driving his patrol car Saturday morning when he struck a parked…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Cash-strapped Illinois has at least $4 billion in the bank. The money is sits in special funds in the state budget created for specific purposes. But an Associated Press analysis shows it’s in 531 accounts that could be ripe for picking as a fix to the budget mess. No one has…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri lawmaker says he will try again to get his state on permanent daylight saving time, but his proposed measure calls for at least two neighboring states to do the same before it can go into effect. Republican state Rep. Mike Kelley of Springfield says it doesn’t make sense…
SIKESTON, Mo. (AP) – A 35-year-old southeast Missouri man is dead after being shot outside a liquor store, and police say they have identified a person of interest. The Southeast Missourian (http://bit.ly/1Zj8v6T ) reports officers found the Sikeston man shot in the chest and lying in the road after the incident, which happened around 5…