Missouri pastor pleads guilty in investment fraud case
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A suburban St. Louis pastor faces June sentencing now that he’s admitted in federal court that he defrauded and filed a false tax return in connection with a million-dollar investment fraud scheme. Fifty-two-year-old Mark Q. Stafford of O’Fallon Missouri pleaded guilty Wednesday in St. Louis. Prosecutors say the minister at New…
Suspect in Illinois triple homicide waives extradition
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) – A 51-year-old St. Louis man charged in the 2005 stabbing deaths of three people at a beauty salon is heading back to Illinois to face trial. The Belleville News Democrat (http://bit.ly/2ntL0vq ) reports Samuel L. Johnson waived extradition proceedings Tuesday and would be transferred soon from Missouri to Illinois. Johnson was…
Missouri governor wants flexibility in new health care plan
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens says he has some concerns about the health care overhaul being considered in the U.S. House but remains fully in support of “repealing Obamacare.” Greitens said Wednesday that he wants to replace the federal health care law enacted under former President Barack Obama with one that…
Cal’s Cuonzo Martin resigns to take job at Missouri
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (AP) – A historic site in southwest Illinois is hosting an event to mark the arrival of spring. The Illinois Historic Preservation Agency has announced that the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site will hold a dawn event Sunday. Visitors are invited to gather at 6:45 a.m. to see dawn break over a model…
