SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois Department of Public Health has rejected intractable pain and autism spectrum disorder as medical conditions that could be treated with medical cannabis. The petition to add intractable pain to the medical marijuana program was submitted in July 2015 to the Medical Cannabis Advisory Board. Department of Public Health Director…
( KTRS ) Police in Frontenac are investigating a shooting. Few details have been released. Authorities are only saying that a man was found Monday night on Carole Lane with a gunshot wound. At this time the victims current condition is unknown. The investigation is ongoing.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri House members are advancing a proposal to spend roughly $242 million more than expected this year. House members in a voice vote Monday gave initial approval to the additional state spending for this fiscal year, which ends in June. About $45 million would come from state general revenue, with…
NORMAL, Ill. (AP) – Some Amtrak trains operating between Chicago and St. Louis will stop running while upgrades designed to enable trains to reach 110 mph. The affected Texas Eagle and Lincoln Service trains will halt starting April 3. Those services will be replaced with buses. The Illinois Department of Transportation says some trains will…
St. Louis, MO Â (KTRS) Â MLS Commissioner Don Garber will visit St. Louis today to rally support for the proposed soccer stadium project ahead of the election. St. Louis City voters will decide on two propositions next week that will determine whether public funding will be used to help finance the construction of a new soccer…
Lincoln County, MO Â (KTRS) Â Jury selection is set to begin on Monday in a civil lawsuit accusing the St. Louis Archdiocese and Archbishop Robert Carlson for failing to discipline a priest charged with molesting a Lincoln County teenager. The suit filed by the teen and her family alleges that church leaders knew Reverend Joseph Jiang…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Â Two suspects are in custody in connection with the fatal shooting at the Busch Stadium MetroLink station. Over the weekend 21-year-old Warren Whitehead and 19-year-old Marvin Anthony Burt were charged with second-degree murder. Police say the victim, 51-year-old Mac Payne, was standing on the MetroLink platform on the night of March…
