ST. LOUIS (AP) – A federal judge has ordered Michael Brown’s parents to turn over his education records and certain medical documents as part of their wrongful-death lawsuit over the unarmed, black 18-year-old’s fatal 2014 police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri. U.S. District Judge E. Richard Webber’s order Wednesday also requires Michael Brown Sr. and Lezley…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A school district that includes students from Ferguson, Missouri, will continue its long-held method of electing board members at large in April, despite a lawsuit claiming the process is racially biased. The lawsuit that the American Civil Liberties Union filed in 2014 on behalf of the Missouri NAACP seeks a process…
(KTRS) – Flu cases among kids are on the rise in the metro area. Fox 2 reports that doctors at St. Louis Children’s Hospital say there has been spike in kids coming to the Emergency Room with flu-like symptoms. Some doctors report flu cases have doubled in recent weeks and it could get even worse…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has granted more pardons than any other Missouri governor in the past 30 years. The Democrat’s eight years as governor will come to an end Monday when he is succeeded by Republican Gov.-elect Eric Greitens. So far, Nixon has granted 88 pardons and three commutations that…
Poplar Bluff, MO (KTRS) Â Tainted heroin in Poplar Bluff may be linked to St. Louis. Police in Poplar Bluff are concerned that tainted heroin, possibly laced with fentanyl, is on the streets of the southeast Missouri town. This is in response to one death and five overdose calls in recent days. Police Chief Danny Whiteley…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A St. Louis man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for his role in a drug-related crime that resulted in a fatal shooting. A federal judge on Thursday sentenced 29-year-old Walter Wallace Jr. in a case that is part of a coordinated effort between St. Louis city and federal…
