Nightclub shooter was a body builder, security guard
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) – He was a body builder and a security guard, a religious man who attended the local mosque and wanted to become a police officer. Early Sunday, police say 29-year-old Omar Mateen opened fire at a gay nightclub in Orlando in an attack that left 50 people dead and 53 wounded.…
Rauner also accusing attorney general of ‘creating crisis’
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Gov. Bruce Rauner’s budget fight with House Speaker Michael Madigan is well known across Illinois. But the Republican now is seeking to extend the scuffle to Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, the speaker’s daughter. The Republican repeated a claim last week that the Democratic House speaker and Senate President John Cullerton…
Holliday, Grichuk homer as Cardinals sweep Pirates, 8-3
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Matt Holliday and Randal Grichuk homered, and the surging St. Louis Cardinals completed a three-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates with an 8-3 victory Sunday. Holliday and Yadier Molina each had three hits. Mike Leake reverted back to his mastery of Pittsburgh with seven effective innings for the Cardinals, who have won…
Hours-long standoff involving hostage in St. Louis home ends
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Authorities say an hours-long standoff in which a man was holding a hostage in a St. Louis residence has ended, though it is not immediately clear if anyone was harmed. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports (http://bit.ly/1Ud3QBG ) most nearby residents who had been kept away from their homes were allowed to…
Clay to meet Ferguson Police Chief at Starbucks in Ferguson
( KTRS ) Missouri Congressman William lacy Clay will be meeting with the new Ferguson Police Chief and local elected officials, for coffee, Monday morning. The Congressman, who requested the Department of Justice investigation into the Ferguson Police Department and Municipal Court will meet with newly appointed Ferguson Police Chief Delrish Moss, at the Starbucks…
Criminal record-sealing bill on Missouri governor’s desk
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missourians convicted of some crimes who don’t break more laws could have their records sealed under legislation on Gov. Jay Nixon’s desk. Rep. Jay Barnes this past week said the measure is aimed at giving credit to those who turn their lives around. Those convicted of felonies would have to wait…
Mayor of Orlando: 50 casualties, 53 in hospital in shooting
Mayor says the shooter used an assault rifle on all those killed
Educators push to expand advanced classes in St. Louis area
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former Missouri school superintendent who sharply increased the number of low-income and minority students in Advanced Placement classes is trying to do the same in three St. Louis-area schools. Chris Belcher was troubled by the low number of low-income and minority students in AP classes in Columbia’s high schools, so…