Florissant, MO (KTRS) Police need your help identifying a suspect in last month’s shooting at a restaurant in North County. The incident occurred back on June 27th at the Waffle House located in the 300 block of North Highway 67. That’s where Florissant Police found a security guard suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. The officers…
CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker says Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan “must resign” if allegations of corruption are true against the fellow Democrat long considered the state’s most powerful lawmaker. The U.S. Attorney’s office says electric utility ComEd has agreed to pay $200 million to resolve a federal criminal investigation into a long-running bribery…
FREDERICKTOWN, Mo. (AP) — The former deputy collector for a rural eastern Missouri county has been sentenced to five years of probation. Kelcey Gresham, of Fredericktown, was sentenced after pleading guilty Thursday to a felony stealing charge. State Auditor Nicole Galloway said that Gresham also paid $5,409.72 in restitution under the terms of the plea.…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she is receiving chemotherapy for a recurrence of cancer, but has no plans to retire from the Supreme Court. The 87-year-old Ginsburg said her treatment so far has succeeded in reducing lesions on her liver and that she will continue chemotherapy sessions every two weeks “to keep…
Warner Robins, GA (AP) — As normalcy returns to many segments of the U.S. that were locked down as the coronavirus spread, most nursing homes remain frozen in the same position since March. Though some states are inching toward normalcy for residents of those facilities, most are still barring visitors and severely curtailing activities inside.…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) An area man who fled from police is headed to prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. According to the U.S. Attorney’s office, 26-year-old Leneko Waller was sentenced to 5 years Thursday. The plea agreement says that back in October of 2019, St. Louis Police…
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley is urging Attorney General William Barr to launch a federal civil rights investigation of St. Louis’ elected prosecutor. Hawley is accusing Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner of abusing her power in her investigation of a white couple who wielded guns while defending their home during a protest. Mark…
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a million Americans sought unemployment benefits last week. That’s the word from a Labor Department report that indicates companies are cutting more jobs as the coronavirus surges through the Sunbelt and some of the nation’s most populous states. Layoffs in Florida, Georgia and California rose by tens of thousands. The…
Terre Haute, IN (AP) — The Supreme Court has cleared the way for a second federal execution in as many days. The high court by a 5-4 vote early Thursday lifted two court orders keeping the execution of Wesley Ira Purkey on hold. Purkey was convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 16-year-old girl before…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Two police officers are recovering after being injured following a shooting in south city. The incident unfolded shortly before 12:30 P.M. Wednesday in the 3100 block of Pennsylvania, which is the city’s Tower Grove East neighborhood. That’s where officers responded to a shooting call and found a 23-year-old man suffering from…