While some disagree, St. Louis Medical Examiner Michel Graham says that City Museum founder- Bob Cassilly’ death in 2011 was an accident. Graham made the announcement Wednesday night after it was reported that a doctor in Massachusetts said it “appeared” that Cassilly had been beaten to death. Al Watkins, an attorney for Cassilly’s widow, told…
( KTRS ) A man charged with kidnapping his 13-year-old stepdaughter and her newborn son is now back in Illinois. 39 yr old Christopher Derleth is in custody in the Madison County Jail on charges of aggravated kidnapping and parental abduction. He was taken into custody last month, after being discovered at a remote West…
BOSTON (AP) — Authorities say a man wearing body armor and armed with an assault rifle shot two Boston police officers before being shot and killed by other officers. The two wounded officers were hospitalized in “extremely critical condition” early Thursday morning. Police Commissioner William Evans says the suspect fired at the officers late Wednesday…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A Democratic state senator in Illinois says he has started a federal super PAC to combat the millions of dollars that Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and his supporters are spending on state Legislative races. Federal Election Commission filings show the Leading Illinois for Tomorrow political action committee, started by Daniel Biss…
( KTRS ) Authorities are investigating after skeletal remains were found, behind a church, in North St. Louis County. Police say the remains were found Wednesday evening by a grounds crew, working at the Lutheran Church of Living Christ on New Halls Ferry Road. The Bureau of Crimes Against Persons is handling the investigation. At…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Democratic Secretary of State Jason Kander has raised more money recently for his bid for U.S. Senate but incumbent GOP Sen. Roy Blunt has more cash on hand. Kander’s campaign on Wednesday announced he raised more than $3 million between July and the end of September. The Missouri Democratic Party’s…
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court is suggesting that racial bias in the jury room may trump the centuries-old legal principle of secrecy in jury deliberations. The justices heard an appeal Tuesday from an immigrant in Colorado who was convicted by a jury on which one man reportedly tied the defendant’s guilt to his Hispanic…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Donald Trump is urging his supporters to vote on Election Day – but he got one key fact wrong. In the opening moments of a rally Tuesday night in Palm Beach City, Florida, Trump told the crowd to “make sure you get out and vote, Nov. 28.” The problem with that advice?…
POUKEEPSIE, N.Y. (AP) – Funeral services are being held for a New York State Police investigator who died from an illness stemming from his work at the World Trade Center site after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. State police announced last week that 51-year-old Paul Stuewer died of an illness dating back to when he…
