SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) — Friction over attempts to verify an iconic stovepipe hat’s connection to Abraham Lincoln has prompted the director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum to sever financial ties to the organization’s fundraising arm at a critical juncture for the nonprofit foundation, which is struggling to pay back millions of dollars borrowed to…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Police have released more details about an officer-involved shooting that badly injured a 15-year-old boy last month. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that police said Friday a 9mm semiautomatic pistol was recovered from the scene. Police have said that Branden Leachman was armed with a gun when an unidentified…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missourians wanting to vote in the Nov. 6 election must be registered by Wednesday. Residents must submit a completed voter registration application to local election authorities by 5 p.m. on Oct. 10. The applications may be submitted in person or by mail. Registration also may be done online through the…
CARBONDALE, IL (AP) — Two new aircraft hangers are being planned for Southern Illinois Airport, which officials say will boost businesses at the airport near Carbondale.Officials say the project is moving forward with a $3.75 million grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce to improve the airport’s infrastructure.The (Carbondale) Southern Illinoisan reports one of the new…
Clayton, MO (KTRS) A dozen protesters were arrested in Clayton following the Senate’s confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court. The local demonstrations were among those around the country. Police say 12 people were arrested for disturbing the peace and resisting arrest. This came after police say they warned the group as…
St. Clair County, IL (KTRS) A woman is facing charges in connection with the murder of a Cahokia man. Thirty-year-old Melinda Graves is charged with murder/intent to kill/injure in the death of 47-year-old Jermaine Ross. The Major Case Squad reports that Graves and another person were brought in for questioning. Graves was arrested and the other…
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A man facing felony child sex and abuse charges in Nevada and a separate murder charge in Illinois, where the body of his 6-year-old daughter was found, won’t see a trial until next year after a judge granted his court-appointed lawyer more time to prepare. Jason Scott Quate’s trial had been…
By ALAN FRAM and LISA MASCARO , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine declared Friday she will vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination, all but ensuring that a deeply riven Senate will elevate the conservative jurist to the nation’s highest court despite allegations that he sexually assaulted women…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) Schnuck Markets has announced it’s opening nine of the 20 former Shop ‘N Save stores it recently acquired next week. Each store will be closed and two and a half days before reopening. During the days the store is closed, existing pharmacy customers will still be able to drop off and pick up…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — An Arkansas man who killed himself during a 1999 police standoff at a Missouri motel was a killer and rapist who strangled a South Carolina woman in 1990 and gunned down a Missouri mother and daughter eight years later, authorities said Friday. Advancements in DNA testing enabled investigators to link…