Berkeley, MO (KTRS) Two Berkeley Police officers were taken to the hospital after being injured while responding to an incident early this morning. Authorities say this occurred in an area of the Madelaine Manor Walk apartments. The officers’ injuries are not said to be life threatening. Police still have not released details on the circumstances…
O’Fallon, IL (KTRS) Three suspects are in custody following a police chase in the metro-east early Thursday morning. Police say this stemmed from a car break in on Liberty Crossing in O’Fallon, Illinois. The chase ended when the car crashed into a utility pole on Route 111 and Horseshoe Lake Road. Two of the suspects got…
(KTRS) One person is dead and another seriously injured after a head on collision in Jefferson county Missouri. The Missouri Highway Patrol says 43 year-old Michael J. Hoyle of Fredericktown Missouri failed to make a turn on Highway 110 near Upper Plattin Rd. Wednesday and hit another vehicle head-on. Hoyle died on the scene. The…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis County Family Court is nearly in full compliance with Justice Department recommendations to address concerns raised five years ago about the court’s treatment of juveniles, particularly blacks, court officials said Wednesday. The court released the findings of a new Justice Department audit showing that the court is in…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri Democratic Party email seeking interns ended up in the inboxes of most faculty, staff and students at the University of Missouri’s Columbia campus, then opened the door for a phishing attempt. Spokeswoman Brooke Goren in a Wednesday statement said the Missouri Democratic Party pulled emails from a public…
JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit brought by The Satanic Temple against Missouri abortion laws, but there still are two pending lawsuits that could revive the complaints. Judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit upheld a lower court’s dismissal of the lawsuit, which…
By MARGARET STAFFORD , Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has found probable cause that the sinking of a tourist boat on a Missouri lake last month that killed 17 people “resulted from the misconduct, negligence, or inattention to the duties” by the captain of the boat, according to a…
KANSAS CITY, MO (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has found probable cause that the sinking of a tourist boat on a Missouri lake last month that killed 17 people “resulted from the misconduct, negligence, or inattention to the duties” by the captain of the boat, according to a court motion filed Wednesday by federal…
BELLEVILLE, IL (AP) — An 18-year-old has been charged with breaking the back of a fellow inmate during a beating that happened a few days before he went on trial for raping a carjacking victim. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Leondre McClendon was charged Tuesday with four aggravated battery counts in the Aug. 11 attack…
SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) — Doctors in Illinois can now prescribe marijuana as a painkiller thanks to a new law intended to counter a growing opioid abuse epidemic. Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner signed the bill into law Tuesday allowing physicians to temporarily prescribe cannabis for pain relief, effective immediately. The Illinois Department of Public Health reports that 11,000…