EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) — Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed legislation aimed at combating fraudulent opioid prescriptions by requiring drug prescribers to use a database containing patient prescription histories. The measure Rauner signed Wednesday requires prescribers with an Illinois Controlled Substance License to register for and use the Illinois Prescription Monitoring Program. The database…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Missouri Highway Patrol says it launched an internal investigation after a trooper accidentally fired a shot during a search of a vacant building. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the trooper fired after he and several St. Louis police officers entered a vacant home to look for two carjacking suspects in…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Layoff notices could begin as early as Wednesday for employees at St. Louis Community College. This comes after administrators were given approval to lay off as many as 70 faculty members and 25 staff members during a board meeting on November 30th. This action sparked protests during the meeting. The layoffs are…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Ferguson is reviewing nearly 8,000 pre-2014 municipal court cases to determine which should be thrown out, a process expected to take about six months. U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry on Tuesday heard a status update on the consent agreement between Ferguson and the U.S. Department of Justice. The agreement requires Ferguson…
ARNOLD (KTRS) Police in Arnold are looking for a man they say was involved in a road rage incident this past week in which he allegedly assaulted a woman. According to Arnold Police Lieutenant Jim Jones, it happened Friday night at the Walgreens on Vogel Road at West Outer Road. The woman says a man began…
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri woman has been charged in the drowning death of her six-month-old son. The St. Joseph News-Press reports that 27-year-old Sydney Jones, of St. Joseph, is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday on a charge of abuse or neglect leading to the death of the child at her apartment. She’s…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s attorney general said Monday that he’s weighing whether to appoint a special investigator to check into use of the secretive Confide messaging app by several senior members of Gov. Eric Greitens’ office. Attorney General Josh Hawley, a Republican, was asked by Democratic state Sen. Scott Sifton of the St.…
Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO (KTRS) Persistence by family members of residents at the Missouri Veterans Home in north St. Louis County appears to have paid off. On Monday, Governor Eric Greitens announced during a news conference at the facility in Bellefontaine Neighbors, that an independent investigation found “serious problems” at the home. The investigation conducted by the…
MOBERLY, Mo. (AP) — A new veterans ward in a Missouri prison is earning recognition for veteran rehabilitation. The Columbia Missourian reports that the Missouri Veterans Project began at the Moberly Correctional Center six months ago. Its success has led to similar programs at prisons in Jefferson City, Potosi and Boonville. The pilot program began…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A man accused of killing a St. Louis County police officer in 2016 will not face the death penalty. A judge on Friday set the first-degree murder trial for 19-year-old Trenton Forster for Feb. 4, 2019. Forster is accused in the shooting death of 33-year-old officer Blake Snyder. Prosecutor Robert McCulloch…