Chicago, IL (AP) The sale of marijuana for recreational purposes is now legal in Illinois. The change took effect with the new year, to the delight of pot fans. Many began lining up hours early at dispensaries. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that about 500 people were outside Dispensary 33 in Chicago on Wednesday morning. Renzo…
Jefferson City, MO (AP) Gov. Mike Parson says Missouri will consent to taking in lawfully admitted refugees. Parson announced his decision Tuesday in response to an executive order issued in September by President Donald Trump that required governors to publicly agree to accept refugees. Refugees would not be allowed to automatically come to states where…
(AP) — Police in suburban St. Louis have shot and killed someone who authorities say drove a stolen vehicle into an officer. The Chesterfield officer is hospitalized with what authorities are calling non-life-threatening injuries after Tuesday’s altercation outside an outlet mall. Chesterfield, Missouri, police were called to Chesterfield Outlets around 1 p.m. Tuesday for a…
Sunset Hills, MO (KTRS) A man is in custody in connection with a car-theft that occurred earlier this month in Sunset Hills. 24-year-old Anthony Ward of the 8000 block of Patterson Drive was charged yesterday with Stealing a Motor Vehicle. He is accused of approaching a woman at the U-gas in the 10,000 block of…
(AP) Authorities say a Mississippi woman was airlifted to a hospital after she was injured while trying to get off a moving tram at Silver Dollar City in Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol say the accident happened around noon Sunday. The patrol described the injuries of 64-year-old Sandy Boatner, of Lambert, Mississippi, as serious.…
Moline Acres, MO (KTRS) A man is facing manslaughter charges in connection with a fatal shooting in North County. 33-year-old Hutson Grace of the 1900 block of Paducah was arrested Sunday and charged with 1st degree manslaughter in the shooting death of 36-year-old Michael Dillingham. Just after 5:30 P.M. Saturday, officers with the Moline Acres…
Columbia, MO (AP) A plea deal with prosecutors means that a Missouri man convicted in a fatal stabbing will spend far less time in prison than he was originally ordered to serve. Anthony Shegog was sentenced to 30 years in prison after his second-degree murder conviction in the 2014 death of Wayne Lige in Columbia.…
(KTRS) Sunset Hills Police are looking for the public’s help in identifying a suspect in a car theft at a gas station in the 10700 block of Watson Road on December 20. A 2016 Silver Lexus GX470 was stolen from a female victim as she was preparing to purchase gasoline at the pump. The suspect…
The effort to get a new trial for a man who has spent nearly 25 years in prison for a murder he claims he didn’t commit is headed to the Missouri Supreme Court. A Missouri appeals court on Tuesday referred the Lamar Johnson case to the state Supreme Court. St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner…
Barnhart, MO (KTRS) The Missouri Highway Patrol is investigating a motorcycle accident in Jefferson County that leaves a Desoto man dead. It happened shortly before 2:30 P.M. Wednesday on I-55 near Route M in Barnhart. That’s where 48-year-old Leon Barnett was riding his motorcycle and was hit from behind by an SUV. He was thrown…