ST. LOUIS (AP) — A suburban St. Louis man alleges in a lawsuit that police officers beat him and illegally searched his apartment after claiming he had committed a minor traffic infraction. The lawsuit was filed Monday in federal court on behalf of 38-year-old Tranell Stewart and his former girlfriend, Lisa Jones. It contends a Maryland…
PONTOON BEACH, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a police officer has died after being shot by a man at gas station in an Illinois suburb of St. Louis. Trooper Jayme Bufford with Illinois State Police said Pontoon Beach Officer Tyler Timmons succumbed to his injuries at a hospital. The officer was shot at around 8…
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Police say they exchanged gunfire with a suspect during a shooting at a shopping mall in Boise, Idaho, that killed two people and injured four — including an officer. Boise Police Chief Ryan Lee said at a news conference the shooting was reported about 1:50 p.m. on Monday — as well…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois officials and pediatricians are urging parents to start preparing to have their children between ages 5 and 11 vaccinated against COVID-19 when shots become available as early as next week. Gov. J.B. Pritzker said the Illinois Department of Public Health is constructing a distribution program for low-dose vaccines which the…
ST. MARY, Mo. (AP) — A suspected tornado damaged buildings and knocked out power in communities along the state line between Missouri and Illinois, and damage was reported in other parts of the states from severe weather. The National Weather Service says one suspected tornado moved Sunday night through St. Mary, Missouri, about 55 miles…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s largest utility has set up a data center at one of its coal-fired power plants that it is using to mine the Internet for bitcoins. Ameren Corp. officials say the data center could also help stabilize demand for electricity and help it avoid ramping production down and back up again,…
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Democrats have unveiled updated congressional maps that propose a second Latino-leaning Chicago-area district and could mean primary matchups for Democratic incumbents in the suburbs and Republican incumbents downstate. Democrats, who control state government and redistricting in Illinois, released the revised maps Saturday evening. The maps come weeks after their first draft…
PEVELY, Mo. (AP) — A 54-year-old Missouri man was killed after he was knocked off his scooter and struck by a tractor-trailer on Interstate 55 near Pevely, Missouri. A Missouri State Highway Patrol report said Dante R. Trice of St. Louis was driving his 2014 Lance Cali Classic 50 scooter Friday evening when a man…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former pastor accused of sexually assaulting two women inside a suburban St. Louis Catholic supply store, then killing a third when she refused his sexual demands has pleaded guilty. Thomas Bruce entered the plea Friday to first-degree murder and other charges in the attacks in Ballwin, Missouri, on Nov. 19,…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A political action committee backing Republican Gov. Mike Parson is raising money with a new video highlighting his attacks on a Missouri newspaper. The video released Thursday is a response to the St. Post-Dispatch’s discovery of a a flaw in a state agency’s cybersecurity. The 55-second video released from Uniting…