JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri lawmaker has introduced a bill that would ban pregnant inmates from being shackled and chained during labor. The bill would ban a state correctional center or a city or county jail from using restraints on a woman in the third trimester of her pregnancy during medical care. It…
By MESFIN FEKADU, AP Music Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Snoop Dogg’s Super Bowl week is almost as busy as that of the Philadelphia Eagles and New England Patriots players competing on Sunday. He headlined BET’s Super Bowl Gospel Celebration and debuted music from his upcoming gospel album on Thursday. He held a screening for his new…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police are investigating the deaths of a family, including an infant as an apparent murder-suicide in south St. Louis. Police say a relative found the bodies of the victims, a man, his wife, and their three-month-old daughter Friday afternoon at the family’s home in the 6200 block of Kinsey Place. All…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis police are investigating after a man, woman and child were found shot to death inside a home on the city’s south side. Police received a call for help around 3:45 p.m. Friday. Officers went to the home in the St. Louis Hills neighborhood and discovered the bodies. Police have…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A judge has refused to issue a temporary restraining order that would have prohibited Republican Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens and his staff from using a texting app that erases messages after they are read. The Kansas City Star reports that Cole County Judge Jon Beetem issued the ruling Friday in…
By DAVID EGGERT and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER, Associated Press CHARLOTTE, Mich. (AP) — A distraught father seething over sexual abuse suffered by three daughters tried to attack former sports doctor Larry Nassar in a Michigan courtroom Friday after a judge rejected his request to confront the “demon” in a locked room, a stunning rush that reflected the…
A Dine out event is being held on Friday to help a Pontoon Beach police officer who was injured in a traffic accident. Several metro-east restaurants and businesses will donate a portion of its proceeds to help with Officer Lee Brousseau’s medical bills. Brousseau was seriously injured in a head-on crash on January 25 that killed…
Olivette, MO (KTRS) Police need the public’s help in identifying two suspects in a robbery at an Olivette jewelry store, where the owner’s dog was fatally shot. Police say two armed men wearing full face masks and hooded sweatshirts, entered Timekeepers in the 9400 block of Olive around 10:30 a.m Thursday and demanded money. During the…
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s most famous groundhog foresees no early end to winter. Punxsutawney Phil’s handlers announced Friday the weather prognosticator saw his shadow. Legend has it if the furry rodent casts a shadow on Feb. 2, Groundhog Day, expect six more weeks of winter-like weather. Phil’s prediction is decided ahead of time by…
WELDON SPRING, Mo. (AP) — Police and federal authorities are investigating after a piece of military ordnance was found following a standoff with a man threatening suicide in St. Charles County. St. Charles County police were called around noon Thursday to a report of a suicidal person at a gas station in Weldon Spring. After…