CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan says her office has found 500 more Catholic clergy accused of sexually abusing children than the state’s six archdioceses have publicly identified. In a blistering rebuke of the church’s handling of the crisis, Madigan’s office says its preliminary findings have revealed the state’s six dioceses have done…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is creating a committee to try to ensure everyone in Missouri gets counted in the 2020 census. Parson said Wednesday that the committee will heighten awareness about the census and coordinate community outreach efforts in hard-to-count areas. The governor said an accurate census count is important…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Republican Josh Hawley will serve on the Judiciary, Armed Services and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committees when he takes office in the U.S. Senate next month. Hawley announced the committee assignments Wednesday. He also will serve on the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and the Special Committee on Aging.…
By JIM SALTER , Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Supporters of criminal justice reform are questioning a move by assistant prosecutors in St. Louis County to join a police union, as well as the timing of the vote just weeks before a change-minded prosecutor takes office. Assistant prosecutors and investigators voted Monday to join…
CRYSTAL CITY, Mo. (AP) — The parents of an eastern Missouri infant who died earlier this year are accused of allowing the child to starve to death. Kanaan Compton was born on Christmas Eve 2017 and died on Feb. 10. He weighed 6 pounds, 6 ounces at birth and weighed 5 pounds when he died.…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Vatterott College abruptly closed its doors nationwide, citing financial difficulties. On Monday, students at the college’s Berkeley campus were left locked out after seeing a posted sign that read ‘School closed as of 4 p.m. today.’ In a letter sent to students, the for-profit college pointed to a U.S. Department of Education…
By LISA MASCARO, MATTHEW DALY and CATHERINE LUCEY , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The fight over President Donald Trump’s $5 billion wall funds has deepened, threatening a partial government shutdown in a standoff that has become increasingly common in Washington. It wasn’t always like this, with Congress and the White House at a crisis…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — Prosecutors in the St. Louis County prosecuting attorney’s office have voted to join a police union. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that prosecutors along with investigators voted by secret ballot Monday to enter the St. Louis Police Officers Association. The association did not release the vote count. The union represents St.…
By GEOFF MULVIHILL , Associated Press A federal report released Monday provides a possible glimmer of hope for the homeless crisis that has gripped many cities up and down the West Coast. The number of people living on the streets in Los Angeles and San Diego, two epicenters of the homelessness crisis, fell this year,…
Kinloch, MO (KTRS) A suspect is being sought in connection with a deadly carjacking in Kinloch. Police say three adults and a child were sitting in a car in the area of Tuttle and Suburban Avenue around 2 a.m. Monday when they were approached by a gunman. A man and a woman were shot before the…