Missouri inmate asks Supreme Court to stay execution
Ernest Lee Johnson is scheduled to die Tuesday for using a claw hammer to kill three Columbia convenience store workers in 1994
Retrial begins for man accused of killing wife
TROY, Mo. (AP) – An eastern Missouri man once convicted of murder in his wife’s 2011 stabbing death is getting a retrial. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Russell Faria’s bench trial began Monday in Lincoln County. St. Louis Circuit Judge Steven Ohmer alone will decide the case. During opening statements. a prosecutor argued that…
Activists seek ways to implement Ferguson Commission suggestions
(KTRS) – Activists and organizers are coming together to find ways to hold elected officials accountable for implementing suggestions from the Ferguson Commission. More than a thousand people gathered for a strategy session this weekend at Saint Louis University. The Ferguson Commission delivered a report to Governor Jay Nixon with policy recommendations on how to…
Crews find Asian carp closer to Lake Michigan than expected
The leading edge of the river’s juvenile Asian carp population is about 66 miles closer to Lake Michigan than it was at the beginning of this year
Space station marks 15 years of nonstop human presence
Since the first permanent crew moved in on Nov. 2, 2000, 220 people have come and gone, representing 17 countries
Supreme Court troubled by DA’s rejection of black jurors
Timothy Foster could win a new trial if the Supreme Court rules his way
Retrial Begins Today For Lincoln County Man Formerly Convicted In Wife’s Murder
Troy.MO (KTRS) – A Lincoln County man formerly convicted of murder in his wife’s 2011 stabbing is getting another day in court. Russell Faria will appear in a bench trial today in which St. Louis Circuit Judge Steven Ohmer alone will decide his case. Ohmer ordered the new trial after ruling that newly discovered evidence…
‘Dance Moms’ star due in court for bankruptcy fraud charges
PITTSBURGH (AP) – “Dance Moms” star Abigale Lee Miller is to appear before a federal magistrate in Pittsburgh to be arraigned on charges that she tried to hide $775,000 worth of income from the Lifetime network reality show and spinoff projects during her Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Miller’s defense attorney didn’t immediate return requests for comment…
