(KTRS) – St. Louis County officials are introducing their own legislation to create a program that would monitor prescription opioids that can lead to a heroin addiction. County Executive Steve Stenger held a press conference Tuesday said the state has failed to create a tracking program, so the county has plan sto do it on…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s public defenders say they need almost twice as many attorneys to handle their caseload, and Gov. Jay Nixon’s proposal to increase their budget by $1 million won’t solve that problem. State Public Defender Director Michael Barrett told a Senate panel Tuesday his office is short-staffed by more than 250…
(KTRS/AP) – Saint Louis University Hospital is seeing a surge in problems related to synthetic marijuana. Fox 2 reports that the hospital has treated more than 100 patients in just the past two weeks for various illnesses related to synthetic marijuana. The ailments can include an increased chance for strokes, heart attacks, and kidney failure.…
Click says she’s “sorry” she cursed at police
WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Republicans are uniting behind Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in insisting that President Barack Obama’s successor fill the Supreme Court vacancy after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. Democrats looking to reclaim the Senate majority immediately accused them of putting politics ahead of their constitutional responsibility. Vulnerable GOP incumbents in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin,…
CHICAGO (AP) – More grandparents are taking on the role of parents for their grandkids, as social service agencies try to place foster children in so-called kinship families. Experts say the trend is likely to continue as the nation responds to the opiate epidemic. Military deployment and a growth in the number of incarcerated women…
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A Nevada rancher is returning to court to seek his release from jail in Oregon, where he went to support the armed occupation of a national wildlife preserve. Cliven Bundy has a detention hearing set for Tuesday, when a federal judge will decide whether to allow him to go home as…
Oran, MO (KTRS) A dog is being credited for saving a child during a sexual assault in southeast Missouri. The Scott County Sheriff’s Department says detectives were called on Feb. 4 by a girl younger than 14, who reported 55-year-old Richie Dock of Oran had allegedly assaulted her at his apartment by inappropriately touching her…
