CHICAGO, IL (AP) — Illinois’ attorney general is planning to meet with Chicago Archdiocese officials to discuss seven priests with links to the state who were included in a scathing Pennsylvania grand jury report on clergy sex abuse. The report released this month found that about 300 Catholic priests abused at least 1,000 children over the past…
CHICAGO, IL (AP) — Federal health officials say they’ve confirmed more than 500 cases of people who became sick with an intestinal illness after eating McDonald’s salads. The illnesses reported earlier this year are linked to the cyclospora parasite, which can cause diarrhea, intestinal pain, nausea or fatigue. The Food and Drug Administration said Friday…
Jennings, MO (KTRS) A Jennings man is facing charges in the beating death of his girlfriend’s five-year-old daughter. Twenty-eight-year-old Adrian Mobley is charged on several counts, including first-degree murder in the death of A’Yonna Milton. Authorities say Mobley repeatedly hit the child in the head, chest, and abdomen. She was taken to an area hospital…
Berkeley, MO (KTRS) An Endangered Silver Advisory is in effect for a missing elderly woman from Berkeley. Police say 70-year-old Tryvania Thompson, who suffers from memory loss, hasn’t been seen since early Thursday morning. According to the investigation, Thompson went to bed Wednesday night and is believed to have left the home on foot sometime before…
Brentwood, MO (KTRS) An Endangered Silver Advisory is in effect for missing elderly woman from Brentwood. Police say 83-year-old Barbara Dunphy hasn’t been heard from since Thursday afternoon. Dunphy, who suffers from dementia, is believed to have left her residence her blue 2005 Toyota Highlander. Dunphy is described as white, 5 feet 5 inches in…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley says the Archdiocese of St. Louis has agreed to open its files for an investigation of potential clergy abuse. Hawley told reporters in a teleconference Thursday that he is asking the three other Catholic dioceses in Missouri to similarly open their files. Representative of the Diocese…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri mother has been charged with accepting money and cocaine in exchange for letting men sexually assault her 14-year-old daughter who authorities say has cerebral palsy and the mental capacity of a 2- to 3-year-old. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that 49-year-old Renee Collins, of Columbia, was charged Tuesday with…
St.Louis, MO (KTRS) Auditor Nicole Galloway released not so favorable results from an audit on Community Improvement Districts. Galloway released those findings during a Thursday morning news conference in downtown St. Louis. The audit showed what Galloway called “a pattern self dealing and lack of accountability.: “Taxpayers are on the hook for billions in project costs…
Maryland Heights, MO (KTRS) A 75-thousand square foot all-ability baseball and soccer field with six-hole putting green is now open at Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge Hospital in Maryland Heights. A ribbon-cutting was held Thursday morning for the new outdoor recreation area and nurses’ station. Ranken Jordan Interim CEO and COO Brett Moorehouse stated, “The new…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — The man fatally shot near a light rail station in St. Louis was a government media relations official struck by stray gunfire from a dispute he had nothing to do with. Police say 48-year-old Craig LeFebvre was killed Tuesday night in a shooting at the MetroLink station on South Grand…