University of Missouri deals with alcohol-related incidents
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Documents obtained by the Columbia Daily Tribune show 16 students who drank at University of Missouri fraternities were taken to hospitals for alcohol poisoning since August 2015. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports those incidents include cases reported to the university police department or the Department of Student Life. Records show six…
Freezing precipitation gone, but Missouri still icy cold
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The dangerous wintry mix that settled over Missouri during the weekend is gone, but bitter cold on Monday forced dozens of schools to call off classes and made venturing outdoors miserable. Parts of the state awoke to temperatures below zero Monday morning, and readings most everywhere else were in single digits.…
Investigators called to homicide on Riverview
( KTRS ) Homicide detectives have been called to take over an investigation. Police say a man was found shot, unconscious and not breathing, in the 8900 block of Riverview just after 5:30pm Monday evening. At this time no further details have been released.
Authorities identify Millstadt woman who died in car crash
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) – Authorities have identified the 68-year-old woman who died in a southwestern Illinois vehicle crash over the weekend. The St. Clair County Coroner’s Office identified the woman as Marlene A. Horn of Millstadt. She was pronounced dead early Monday after a late night crash that injured three others including two children. Police…
Convicted Missouri killer dies in prison at age 72
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A man who was spared the death penalty by a St. Louis-area jury that instead assessed a life prison term in the 1977 shooting death of a police officer has died in prison. The Missouri Department of Corrections said 72-year-old James Davis died of apparent natural causes Saturday at a…