ST. LOUIS (AP) – Democratic Congressman William Lacy Clay says the election of Donald Trump as president should have no impact on the settlement agreement between the city of Ferguson and the U.S. Department of Justice. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Clay spoke Thursday at a St. Louis forum on criminal justice reform. He…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The top Democratic leaders in the Illinois Legislature say they will not attend a postelection meeting that Gov. Bruce Rauner called for Monday to discuss ending an epic budget standoff. Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan’s spokesman issued a statement Sunday afternoon saying a scheduling conflict would prevent Madigan from meeting with…
( KTRS ) Authorities are investigating after a 5-year-old child was shot in north St. Louis. Police say It happened shortly before 1 pm Sunday afternoon, in the 2500 block of North Grand. Investigators say the boy was taken to a hospital in stable condition. No further details have been released. An investigation is ongoing.
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois is marking its first year of medical marijuana sales as more states voted on Election Day to allow legal use of the drug. The Chicago Tribune reports that despite anecdotes of medical marijuana’s positive influence on patients, broader data and randomized clinical trials of its use remain very limited. Officials report…
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ST. LOUIS (AP) – Authorities say dozens of people have been treated in downtown St. Louis over several days after apparently overdosing on a synthetic cannabis-like drug. St. Louis Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson tells the St. Louis Post-Dispatch most of the people appeared to be homeless and were in the areas of New Life Evangelistic…
( KTRS ) According to a video on Facebook, the distemper outbreak at Stray Rescue of St. Louis is not over. Thursday afternoon, in a Facebook video, Stray Rescue Owner Randy Grim said that the shelter had lost 2 more dogs to distemper, bringing the total number of deaths to 23. He added that further testing…
