ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Harvard Law School professor whose past clients include the family of the 18-year-old fatally shot in 2014 by a policeman in Ferguson, Missouri, has joined the prosecution team in the criminal case against Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Circuit Judge Rex Burlison on Monday approved…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A man is dead following a shooting in north St. Louis. Police say Mario D. Fox of Florissant was found shot to death at just before 2:30 a.m. Monday in the 5300 block of Shreve. There’s no word on a motive or of any arrests. This brings the St. Louis murder…
By SUDHIN THANAWALA, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Claims that the active ingredient in the widely used weed killer Roundup can cause cancer have been evaluated by international agencies, U.S. and foreign regulators and the product’s manufacturer — agribusiness giant Monsanto. Now, a federal judge in San Francisco will conduct his own review during an…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Additional voting sites are opening across Illinois for people who want to cast an early ballot for the March 20 primary. Some early voting locations opened last month. Many more are set to open Monday, offering voting during mornings, evenings and weekends in addition to regular business hours. Voters will choose…
St. Louis, MOÂ (KTRS)Â A two-year-old girl is recovering after being shot while traveling in a vehicle on I-70 in St. Louis. Police say the child was shot in the leg on Saturday afternoon on westbound I-70 near Union Boulevard. Police were called to a gas station on Union Boulevard near I-70. The child was…
FARMINGTON, Mo. (AP) — An eastern Missouri man is charged with second-degree animal abuse for allegedly shooting a dog and hitting the animal in the head with a hammer. Charges were filed Thursday against 56-year-old Jason Edward Hampton of Farmington. He is jailed on $10,000 bond and does not have a listed attorney. A probable…
HARRISONVILLE, Mo. (AP) — The family of a teenager who died by suicide in 2016 says her northwest Missouri school district is refusing their requests to read her name at this spring’s graduation ceremony, even though more than 20,000 people have signed a petition supporting the effort. Relatives of Gabi Keil, who died when she…
By SUMMER BALLENTINE, Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Since he was indicted on allegations related to an extramarital affair, Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens has shifted into attack mode, zeroing in on the St. Louis prosecutor who launched the investigation with comments decried by some critics as politically or racially charged. Grietens, a Republican accused…
St. Louis, MOÂ (KTRS)Â Â Police are investigating a triple shooting overnight in downtown St. Louis. Police say two men and a woman were shot around 1 a.m. Friday in the 2000 block of Locust. All three victims were take to the hospital and are listed in stable condition. There’s no word on a motive or of…
St. Louis, MOÂ (KTRS)Â Â A reward has been increased to solve a murder in Ferguson. St. Louis CrimeStoppers has already offered a $5,000 reward in the case of the fatal shooting of Donnell Drake last summer. Now an anonymous donor has put up $45,000, bringing the reward to $50,000. However, the reward money is only being…