JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The head of the Missouri State Highway Patrol went too far in firing a trooper after he was convicted of a misdemeanor in the drowning death of a handcuffed Iowa man, a judge has found. Cole County Judge Patricia Joyce ruled Wednesday that Col. Sandra Karsten, the patrol’s superintendent, can’t…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for three drug-related killings. The U.S. Attorney’s office in St. Louis on Wednesday announced the sentencing of 27-year-old Jacobi Temple in the March 2015 deaths of James Lacey, Paige Schaefer and Tammie Thurmond. Temple pleaded guilty to conspiracy to…
By MARTHA IRVINE and JULIE WATSON , Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — When Lidia Karine Souza would call her 9-year-old son — allowed just 20 minutes per week — he would beg his mom though tears to do everything in her power to get him out of U.S. government custody and back to her. The…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) Efforts are being made to improve workforce and economic development in the state of Missouri. Over 300 leaders from across the state gathered at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis County on Wednesday for the Best In Midwest Summit to begin the process of creating a strategy.…
By CATHERINE LUCEY and LISA MASCARO , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement is setting off a momentous confirmation battle for President Donald Trump’s next Supreme Court nominee that is certain to consume the Senate, inflame partisan tensions and shape the outcome of the midterm elections. All sides quickly mobilized Wednesday after…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has announced plans for Citizens Academy Class 2018-02. The program, designed to strengthen the bond between the department and the community, will begin August 8, 2018, and conclude with graduation on October 24, 2018. The class will meet Wednesday nights from 6-9 p.m. The Citizens Academy is…
Florissant, MO (KTRS) Representatives from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, or ATSDR, are in town to host public comment sessions on a draft report evaluating community exposure to radiological contaminants while living or playing near Coldwater Creek. ATSDR looked at residents who played in, or lived near, the creek from the 1960’s through…
FAIR LAWN, N.J. (AP) — A body has been found at a New Jersey home where New York Giants cornerback Janoris Jenkins lives. The Bergen County prosecutor’s office says it is investigating a death at the house in Fair Lawn, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) north of MetLife Stadium. Property records show Jenkins has lived…
EAST PITTSBURGH, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania police officer who shot an unarmed black teenager has been charged with criminal homicide. The charge against East Pittsburgh Officer Michael Rosfeld is included in court records obtained by media organizations. It wasn’t known Wednesday if the 30-year-old Penn Hills resident has retained an attorney, and the district…
By MICHAEL BALSAMO, WILL WEISSERT and GENE JOHNSON , Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Seventeen states, including New York and California, sued the Trump administration Tuesday to force it to reunite the thousands of immigrant children and parents it separated at the border, as the legal and political pressure on the White House to…