(KTRS) – Police say a 69-year-old Richmond Heights man has been missing since Tuesday. James Mierisch suffers from Schizophrenia, early onset dementia, diabetes, and high blood pressure. He called his daughter on Tuesday and said he was going to the hospital for a nose bleed, but he never made it. He drives a black 2004…
CHICAGO (AP) – Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk and Democratic U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth are talking up their personal stories as they make their final push to voters. Both U.S. Senate candidates are disabled and have triumphed over adversity. But those story lines took a back seat for much of the race as Kirk went…
STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. (AP) – An eastern Missouri sheriff says skeletal remains he believes to be those of a Missouri lobbyist’s wife missing since 2014 could be identified within days. Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff Gary Stolzer told The Associated Press on Thursday he’s “99 percent” certain the remains discovered Tuesday night on Lynn Messer’s sprawling…
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – The man suspected in the shooting deaths of two Iowa police officers had been ordered by a judge to move out of his mother’s home just hours earlier. Court documents show a judge ruled Tuesday that 46-year-old Scott Greene had committed elder abuse against his mother, Patricia Greene, by “hitting…
CHICAGO (AP) – Gov. Bruce Rauner has given $1 million of his own money to Republican incumbent Leslie Munger’s bid for Illinois comptroller. State records this week show the contribution that came from the former venture capitalist and his wife, Diana Rauner. Rauner appointed Munger to the post last year after Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka’s…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Next week brings the anniversary of legal medical marijuana sales in Illinois and the program is growing steadily. Patients with state approval to buy marijuana now number about 12,000. The state released new monthly figures Wednesday. Retailers sold $4.1 million in marijuana products during October, marking another month of increasing sales.…
MAPLEWOOD, Mo. (AP) – A class-action lawsuit has been filed saying the city of Maplewood violates the U.S. Constitution by requiring defendants to pay cash to recall their arrest warrants. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the lawsuit was filed Tuesday by ArchCity Defenders, a nonprofit law group. According to the lawsuit, Maplewood’s municipal courts…
( KTRS ) Union employees of Shop ‘n Save have overwhelmingly approved a new three-year contract. The vote among members of United Food & Commercial Workers Local 655 was 170 to 72 in favor of the contract. A similar pact was approved a Tuesday night by union workers at Dierbergs and last week by Schnucks…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The house Gov. Bruce Rauner and his wife are planning to move into during renovations of the Illinois Executive Mansion is just a bit larger than the carriage house at the governor’s current home. The State Journal-Register reports the Rauners plan to relocate to the Director’s House at the Illinois State…
CLEVELAND (AP) – The Chicago Cubs won their first World Series championship since 1908 when Ben Zobrist hit a go-ahead double in the 10th inning, beating the Cleveland Indians 8-7 in a thrilling Game 7 delayed by rain early Thursday. Lovable losers for generations, the Cubs nearly let this one get away, too. All-Star closer…