Veterans are using pot to ease PTSD, despite scant research
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) – A growing number of states are weighing whether to legalize marijuana to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. But for many veterans, the debate is already over. They’re increasingly using cannabis even though it remains illegal in most states and is unapproved by the Department of Veterans Affairs because major studies have yet…
Store clerk accused of sending explicit photos to customers
( KTRS ) A clerk at a St. Louis Walmart optical store is facing charges for allegedly sending explicit photos of himself to female customers. Court records allege 20 yr Elver Sivac told police he used store records to learn the phone numbers of women and texted photos to six of them. He is charged…
Illinois police departments use website to get body cameras
PALMYRA, Ill. (AP) – At least 10 law enforcement agencies in Illinois have turned to the Internet to raise enough money to purchase body cameras for officers. As of Friday, departments in Palmyra, Benld, South Pekin, East St. Louis and six other municipalities in the state had signed up for free on the website BodyCameraDonations.com…
Atkins and Texas overpowers Missouri 73-55 to Sweet 16
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Ariel Atkins scored 22 points and No. 2 seed Texas earned its second consecutive trip to the Sweet 16 with a 73-55 win over No. 10 Missouri on Monday night with an impressive display of speed and athleticism that overmatched the bigger Tigers. Lashann Higgs scored 11 points and was a…
Madigan demands Peabody prove it has coal mine-closure money
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has demanded that a financially shaky Peabody Energy prove it has the $92 million necessary to restore Illinois mining land if it shuts down. Madigan sent a letter Monday to the St. Louis-based coal company seeking details on the bond amount available for its southern Illinois…
Authorities investigating mysterious haze blanketing the area.
( KTRS ) Fire departments all around St. Louis are trying to find the source of the haze that has blanketed the area. The smoky haze has residents from South St. Louis to Jefferson County, and central St. Louis County calling area fire departments. In addition, authorities in Columbia and Valmeyer, IL. are also searching…
Trump says he would consider hotel in Cuba
WASHINGTON (AP) – Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump says he would consider opening a Trump hotel in Cuba under certain conditions. In an interview with CNN’s Situation Room Monday, the billionaire real estate mogul said that “Cuba has certain potential,” but that there are other factors, namely the 49 percent interest rate, that need to…