CHICAGO (AP) – A federal judge is set to decide whether to cut the 14-year prison term given to former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich after an appellate court threw out several of his corruption convictions. A resentencing hearing is scheduled Tuesday in Chicago federal court. The 59-year-old Democrat will appear on a courtroom screen at…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Kansas City, Kansas, police say a 10-year-old boy who was killed while riding the world’s tallest water slide died of a neck injury. Police say Caleb Schwab was one of three passengers riding in a boat Sunday on the Verruckt water slide at Schlitterbahn Waterpark. According to a police statement,…
Two-Out Magic Saves the Cardinals
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A group backing medical marijuana in Missouri says it doesn’t have enough valid signatures but will go to court to get a proposed constitutional amendment on November’s ballot. New Approach Missouri campaign spokesman Jack Cardetti said Monday that the initiative is short about 2,200 signatures in a congressional district that…
(KTRS) – A suspect is in custody after a double shooting at a funeral home just west of downtown St. Louis. Police say that a visitation was underway at the Reliable Funeral Home on Washington Boulevard when a fight started. Witnesses said the argument moved outside and that is when the shooting began. One man…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is defending his record after the head of the state’s public defender system appointed him to a case in protest of recent funding restrictions. Director Michael Barrett in a letter last week said budget cuts have prevented his office from hiring enough public defenders for those…
(KTRS) – A new homeless shelter is open in St. Louis City, but it will not be open overnight to start. The Biddle House will provide daytime housing for dozens of men who had been staying at a temporary shelter in the city. Human Services Director Eddie Roth told the Post-Dispatch that they will continue…
The on-going battle against heroin that never seems to improve
Preview of the upcoming 37th Annual St. Louis Half Marathon plus the Clayton P.D. 5K.
