( KTRS ) Senior citizens, the blind and those with disabilities will be able to save money and still qualify for Medicaid health care under a new law. Gov. Jay Nixon signed the legislation Thursday. The current limit is $1,000 in assets for an individual and $2,000 for married couples. When fully implemented in 2021,…
CINCINNATI (AP) – Yadier Molina’s bases-loaded single snapped an eighth-inning tie, and the St. Louis Cardinals reached a season high by beating the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 on Thursday night, taking yet another series in their lopsided NL Central rivalry. Molina’s third hit of the game sent St. Louis to its fourth victory in five games.…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner and his wife Diana have made a rare joint appearance at a cabinet discussion about youth policies amid her nonprofit group’s involvement in a lawsuit against his administration. Diana Rauner is a Democrat who runs a child advocacy group called the Ounce of Prevention Fund. She and…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A three-judge Missouri Court of Appeals panel says a judge correctly dismissed a lawsuit that sought an independent probe of a prosecutor’s handling of grand jury proceedings in the Ferguson police shooting of Michael Brown. The panel in St. Louis ruled last week that a St. Louis County judge was “well…
SAINT CHARLES, Mo. (AP) – A former Chesterfield police officer has been sentenced to two 60-day terms in jail after pleading guilty to charges relating to online videos he posted of men having anonymous sex with him at his Wentzville home. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1XJBXoV ) reports that 35-year-old David Cerna was sentenced Thursday…
( KTRS ) Authorities are investigating a suspicious, possibly fatal, house fire in St. Peters. Thursday evening at 6pm St. Peters police responded to a call for a house fire in the 1800 block of Elm Tree Street. Central County Fire and Rescue arrived on scene to assist with rescue efforts and gain control of…