Freeburg IL (KTRS) A vigil will be held at the accident site where a young teen was struck and killed. The Freeburg eighth grader who was killed while riding his bike, is identified as 14-year-old Mason Schmittling. The driver of the SUV that struck Schmittling is cooperating with police. Yesterday, family and friends constructed a…
JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) — A victims’ support group is putting pressure on Missouri’s governor to intervene in a state investigation of potential clergy abuse, but Gov. Mike Parson’s office says he doesn’t have the authority to act at this point. Missouri leaders of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests in a Wednesday…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The plan to bring Major League Soccer to St. Louis is being revived. According to a story first reported by the St. Louis Post Dispatch, an official in Governor Mike Parson’s office said that officials with the state Department of Economic Development met with Major League Soccer representatives as recently as Tuesday,…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (AP) — A man who served nearly 20 years in prison before his murder conviction was overturned will speak next month when a documentary about the case is screened at Southeast Missouri State University. The Southeast Missourian reports that “The Past is Never Dead” tells the story of David Robinson, who was sentenced…
JACKSONVILLE, IL (AP) — Illinois State Police are investigating a video posted online claiming to show a sexual encounter between two Illinois School for the Deaf students at the institution. Master Sgt. Mike Link tells The (Springfield) State Journal-Register that the incident reportedly happened in April. The School for the Deaf is part of state government. It…
SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) — Illinois’ political parties can make a leap toward eliminating sexual harassment and bolstering gender equity by electing women to half of all political offices in the state, according to a report released Wednesday by a panel of women in state government. The report from the Illinois Anti-Harassment, Equality and Access Panel challenges political…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A teenager is in critical condition after being shot by a St. Louis police officer. This happened at just before noon Wednesday when a officers responded to a disturbance near Union Boulevard and Wabada Avenue in north St. Louis. Police Chief John Hayden says a plain-clothed officer got out of an unmarked…
By JIM SALTER , Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis is facing another lawsuit over the police response to protests, this time from a city alderwoman. Alderwoman Megan Green filed a federal lawsuit accusing police of using tear gas on her without justification during a demonstration after former Police Officer Jason Stockley was acquitted…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — A Missouri neurosurgeon and his fiancée have been ordered to pay $5.5 million to the federal government for a health care kickback scheme. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the civil judgment was ordered Tuesday in the case against Dr. Sonjay Fonn, of Cape Girardeau, and his fiancée, Deborah Seeger. The…
SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) — Gov. Bruce Rauner has vetoed legislation that would permit experts to study the impact of supplemental feeding of wild deer. The Republican on Tuesday rejected the proposal by Mahomet (muh-HAH’-meht) Republican Sen. Chapin Rose for the University of Illinois Prairie Research Institute study. Hunters advocate supplemental feeding to ensure deer herds have proper nutrition during…