ST. LOUIS (AP) – A 14-year-old girl has been fatally shot in a St. Louis home. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports (http://bit.ly/1SXMg4T ) that police found the injured girl around 1:15 p.m. Sunday at a friend’s home. She had been shot in the back. The girl was pronounced dead at a hospital. St. Louis Police…
CHICAGO (AP) – A statewide coalition plans to launch a social media campaign to press Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration to expand the medical marijuana pilot program to more patients. The Cannabis Patient Advocacy Coalition says its campaign will include short video testimonials from Illinois residents. It kicks off Monday with an Iraq War veteran…
( KTRS ) Authorities say an officer fatally shot a suspect in an armed robbery at a KFC in south St. Louis. Police Lt. Col. Lawrence O’Toole says a citizen flagged down an officer in a marked car Sunday evening and reported the robbery at a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant. O’Toole says the officer went…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says Americans long held in Iran will soon be reunited with their families and says “tireless” diplomacy made it possible. Obama spoke as the Americans were on their way to Switzerland, a day after their release as part of a prisoner swap. Under the deal, the U.S. was pardoning…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers agree the state needs more money for roadwork and bridge repair, but they don’t agree on how to pay for it. A Senate committee could vote this week on a small increase to Missouri’s fuel tax, which Governor Jay Nixon has endorsed. It’s not clear how much support…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The failed, frenzied effort to persuade the St. Louis Rams to stay by building them a new riverfront football stadium will end up costing the public more than $16.2 million — and no ground was ever broken on the project. A majority of the money — $10.5 million — is going…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is set to consider new rigorous screening procedures for Syrian and Iraqi refugees seeking to enter the United States. The measure is coming up at a time when national security looms large for voters in an election year. The legislation has gained momentum as a result of the Islamic State…
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Stan Kroenke stepped to the microphones at the Forum with football fans chanting his name. When the owner first said the words “Los Angeles Rams,” they erupted in wild cheers. What a difference LA makes for Kroenke and his Rams, who formally returned to the West Coast on Friday with their…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster maintains a fundraising lead for Missouri governor, though some Republicans are cutting into his cash advantage. Reports filed Friday with the Missouri Ethics Commission show Koster raised $1.3 million this past quarter and had nearly $5.8 million in his campaign account to start 2016. Republican…