( KTRS ) More patients are spending more money on medical marijuana in Illinois this year. 37 registered dispensaries sold about 2.3 million dollars in medical marijuana to around 7 thousand qualified patients in May. So far, Illinois has raked in 10.8 million dollars since purchasing began in November of last year. State lawmakers have…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Another University of Missouri dean at the Columbia campus is stepping down. The school’s provost said in a Tuesday email to staff that College of Arts and Science Dean Michael O’Brien is resigning. Provost Garnett Stokes said O’Brien is joining Texas A&M University-San Antonio as provost and vice president for academic…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A new report shows there was a slight improvement last year in the disproportionate rate at which black drivers in Missouri were pulled over, but that it was still far from equal. The state attorney general’s office’s annual report released Wednesday shows that blacks were 69 percent more likely than…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A former St. Louis police officer charged with first-degree murder in a 2011 shooting of a 24-year-old man after a chase is free on bond. Jason Stockley stepped out of jail Wednesday, a day after a St. Louis judge set his bail at $1 million, with the requirement that Stockley post…
The shooting occurred the week before final exams at the university
With no progress on the horizon, there could be cuts to critical state services
This proposal is just one part of a much larger firearms rights overhaul that would make Missouri a “stand your ground” state
MONTGOMERY CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Mexican national charged with five shooting deaths pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of a Missouri man. KRCG-TV reports Pablo Serrano-Vitorino entered the plea Wednesday during a brief arraignment in Montgomery County Court. Prosecutors allege Serrano-Vitorino shot four men to death in Kansas City, Kansas, March…
