Ferguson Mayor Knowles Sworn In To His Final Term
Ferguson, MO (KTRS) Ferguson Mayor James Knowles is officially serving his third and final term. Knowles was sworn in during Tuesday night’s city council meeting. He calls entering his final term as bittersweet. I’m very excited to go out like this, go out having served my third term, hopefully being able to finish quite a…
Death penalty again overturned for man who killed couple
A man convicted of fatally shooting a couple near De Soto in 1996 has had his death penalty overturned for a third time. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry called the portion of the trial that led up to Carman Deck’s latest death sentence “fundamentally unfair.” She ordered him to…
Missouri Attorney General: Church lawsuit should proceed
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Attorney General’s Office and a Columbia church say that a U.S. Supreme Court case over who qualifies for state grant money should move forward. Lawyers said Tuesday in letters to the high court that the case isn’t moot, even after the governor last week reversed a rule preventing…
Man gets prison time for 4-year-old son’s methadone death
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – A suburban St. Louis man whose 4-year-old son died after drinking the father’s methadone has been ordered to spend 15 years in prison. Thirty-seven-year-old Laron Crawford of Berkeley was sentenced Friday in St. Louis County. That’s where he pleaded guilty in February to charges of first-degree involuntary manslaughter and two counts…
Missouri House passes changes to student transfer policy
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri House has passed a plan to change laws on students transferring from failing schools. House members voted 138-6 Tuesday to send the bill to the Senate. The measure would require schools to be accredited by individual building instead of just by district. It would allow students at failing…
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