SARAH ZIMMERMAN, Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Democratic candidates for governor say it’s time for the state to legalize recreational marijuana, while Republican candidates oppose the idea. Nine states and Washington, D.C, have already legalized recreational marijuana. Democrats seeking their party’s nomination for governor say it’s time the state follow suit, arguing the move…
By DENISE LAVOIE, Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — As schools around the country brace for student walkouts following the deadly shooting in Parkland, Florida, principals and superintendents are scrambling to perform a delicate balancing act: How to let thousands of students exercise their First Amendment rights while not disrupting school and not pulling administrators into…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers are threatening to make “painful cuts” to a state department’s funding for refusing to release information about a virus that killed a state employee last year. Republican Rep. Justin Alferman first proposed Wednesday at a House budget committee hearing a 10 percent budget reduction for administrative staff at…
By MICHAEL BALSAMO, Associated Press When Albert Wong returned from an Army deployment in Afghanistan in 2013, he knew it had affected him. He had trouble adjusting to regular life, couldn’t sleep at night and was hyper-vigilant about his surroundings. But when he found a treatment program for veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars who…
IMPERIAL, Mo. (AP) — Police are investigating the death of a woman whose burned body was found just off a road in Jefferson County. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the badly burned body was found Friday afternoon in Imperial, on a patch of gravel just off Sulphur Springs Road. Imperial is about 25 miles…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police say two men have been found dead inside a St. Louis home with gunshot wounds to their head. Police say the men were found Friday night in the home of the Vandeventer neighborhood. Police say both men are in their 40s, but did not give their names or other details…
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — President Donald Trump says a deal with North Korea, “if completed,” will be very good for the world. Trump appears to be referring to North Korea agreeing to give up its nuclear weapons arsenal. That has been a key demand of the United States and other world powers. Trump tweets…
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and JANIE HAR, Associated Press YOUNTVILLE, Calif. (AP) — The gunman who killed three people who work for a California program that treats veterans for post-traumatic stress disorder was kicked out of the program, a relative of one victim said Friday. Albert Wong, 36, was identified as the man who went to The…
O’Fallon, MOÂ (KTRS)Â The search for a missing O’Fallon man is over after he is found dead on Friday. The family made the announcement on the Find Adam Tumbrink Facebook page: With great sadness, the Tumbrink Family announce the loss of Adam Tumbrink. At this time, we ask for complete privacy and respect for the…
By SUMMER BALLENTINE and JIM SALTER, Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The ex-husband of a woman who had an extramarital affair with Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens testified for an hour and a half Friday before a House committee doing its own investigation into the indicted governor, the man’s lawyer said. Attorney Al Watkins told…