SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) — A judge has sentenced a Springfield woman to an extra six months in prison after learning a letter of support she submitted to the court was falsified. The State Journal-Register reports 31-year-old Elizabeth Gonzalez was sentenced last month to 15 months in prison for embezzling more than $47,500 from a bank where she…
FAIR GROVE, MO (AP) — Authorities say a Missouri sheriff’s deputy has died after his patrol car was swept away by floodwaters. The Springfield News-Leader reports that 35-year-old Greene County Deputy Aaron Paul Roberts had just returned to service following a 911 hang-up call Friday night when he radioed that his car had been washed off the…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A suspect in the murder of an Andre’s chef in the parking lot of the South County Walmart is in custody. County police believe the suspect is the same individual responsible for a Central West End kidnapping and robbery. 29-year-old Alexander Marley of the 200 block of East Felton Avenue in…
JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) — The theft of more than 20 firearms at a Fenton gun store last week was the latest in an increase in such robberies at gun stores in Missouri and Illinois, according to federal officials. Figures from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives show there were at least eight…
SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) — Officials say attendance at this year’s Illinois State Fair declined 8 percent from last year. The fair in Springfield attracted about 369,140. However, officials say fairgoers appeared to spend more money than in 2017, according to an early look at vendors’ sales receipts. More than 401,600 people attended the 2017 fair,…
OSCEOLA, MO (AP) — The St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department says the deaths of two men in a shooting at a convenience store appear to be a murder-suicide. KYTV reports the shooting happened Friday morning at “The Port” convenience store in Osceola. Sheriff Scott Keeler says he believes the deaths stemmed from a child custody dispute. He…
JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) — An Arkansas man has been sentenced to consecutive life terms for killing his ex-girlfriend and her grandfather in southwestern Missouri. Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley announced the sentence Friday for 40-year-old Christopher Paschall of Springdale, Arkansas. A jury found Paschall guilty of two counts of first-degree murder and other charges…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The St. Louis Art Fair closed early on Friday evening due to threatening weather. The following message was posted on its website: St. Louis Art Fair officials have learned of a potentially problematic round of weather coming from the south, heading into the St. Louis area. As a result, we have…
By JIM SALTER , Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The remnants of Tropical Depression Gordon are expected to drop heavy rain across much of Missouri through the weekend, creating a risk of flooding and flash-flooding. The National Weather Service says south-central Missouri and the St. Louis area could get up to 6 inches of…
BELLEVILLE, IL (AP) — A Las Vegas man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of his 6-year-old daughter whose remains were found in an Illinois garage last year. St. Clair County, Illinois, prosecutors charged Jason Quate, 35, Thursday in the death of his youngest daughter Alysha after an autopsy determined she died…