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…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois officials say the state’s unemployment rate in November remained at 5.6 percent. The Illinois Department of Employment Security reported Thursday that nonfarm payrolls increased by 1,700 jobs last month. That’s based on preliminary data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and IDES. October figures were revised to show…
Florissant, MO (KTRS) Police are investigating after a person was found dead in a Florissant home. Fox 2 is reporting that police were called to the home on Apache Court for a domestic situation at just before 7 a.m. Thursday. One person has been taken into custody. The name of the victim hasn’t been released.…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Democrats have unveiled legislation to require President-elect Donald Trump to sell his businesses and put all of his assets in a blind trust. The legislation comes as Trump is grappling over how to distance himself from potential conflicts of interest between his sprawling business empire and the actions he will take…
WASHINGTON (AP) – President-elect Donald Trump has officially chosen Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke to serve as his interior secretary. Zinke was an early supporter of Trump’s and publicly sought a Cabinet post when Trump visited Montana in May. Trump’s decision to tap Zinke for interior upends Senate Republican plans of recruiting the congressman to challenge…