JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Mexican-American elector says he’s sticking with his pledge to vote for Missouri’s winning candidate, Donald Trump. Hector Maldonado told The Associated Press he won’t change his mind Monday in what’s shaping up to be an unusually controversial Electoral College vote. The child of a migrant worker, Maldonado moved to…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A St. Louis-area executive is accused in a brutal kidnapping. A federal grand jury has indicted Todd Beckman for allegedly kidnapping a man before Thanksgiving and collecting a $27,000 ransom from the victim’s parents. Beckman is the president and CEO of Massage Luxe and Tanco. Kerry Roades, Zachary Smith and brothers…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Colleges and universities are again deciding whether to front grant money to low-income students who are supposed to be receiving state aid as Illinois’ budget remains uncertain. The Southern Illinoisan reports a survey recently released by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission suggests some schools that covered grants in the fall aren’t…
( KTRS ) Police are investigating a drive-by shooting in Jennings. Authorities report that the shooting took place in the 7100 block of Florence Place around 5:20 Thursday evening. One male victim was shot in the leg and was taken to hospital for a non-life threatening injury. The St. Louis County Police Department’s Bureau of…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A class-action lawsuit has been filed against the Missouri Department of Corrections alleging inmates did not receive proper hepatitis C treatment. The ACLU and the Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center in St. Louis filed the federal lawsuit for the inmates Thursday. Inmates in the lawsuit claim they didn’t receive…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Republican Gov.-elect Eric Greitens is picking Kansas City attorney Lucinda Luetkemeyer to be his general counsel. Greitens’ transition team leader Austin Chambers told The Associated Press on Thursday that Luetkemeyer also is serving as the transition team’s general counsel. Luetkemeyer works at the Kansas City law firm of Graves…
( KTRS ) A Florissant man has been charged in connection with the death of his wife. The Florissant police department reports that officers were called to a home in Apache Court around 7 am Thursday morning. 41 yr old Peter Chafin told the police dispatcher that he had killed his wife 22 yr old…
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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – A federal jury has convicted Dylann Roof in the racially motivated slayings of nine black church members in South Carolina. The jury reached its verdict after less than two hours of deliberations. They convicted the 22-year-old white man of hate crimes and other charges. They will reconvene next month to decide…