(KTRS) – The man connected to five murders in Kansas and Missouri is in the hospital this afternoon. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department says that Pablo Serrano-Vitorino is now on suicide watch. Investigators found Serrano today after he cut himself with a safety razor. Earlier this week authorities found Serrano in a ditch near a…
(KTRS) – There will be a new sexual education curriculum for students in the Parkway school district after a tight vote by the school board. The Post-Dispatch reports that the biggest changes include teaching eighth through tenth-grade students about LGBT issues, sexual consent, and protection against sexual predators. Students turned out at last night’s school…
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. (AP) – Two shipping companies have paid nearly $3.7 million in civil penalties related to fraudulent contracts for U.S. Department of Defense efforts in Afghanistan. Federal prosecutors in the southern district of Illinois announced the fines against Farrell Lines and Damco USA on Thursday. Acting U.S. Attorney Jim Porter says…
Poplar Bluff, MO (KTRS) Poplar Bluff police say a man accused in a fatal shooting blames what he calls “bad dope” for the crime. Joseph Wade Wisdom of Poplar Bluff is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of 50-year-old Stahl Lee Sturgeon of Doniphan. Sturgeon’s body was found Tuesday inside his car at…
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama says he’s holding out hope that “cooler heads will prevail” and Republicans will back down from plan to block a Supreme Court nominee. Obama says he’s looking for a candidate whose credentials would earn easy confirmation in a less-heated political environment. He says he’s also looking for a candidate…
