St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The man who shot a Cardinals’ fan in downtown St. Louis during a street robbery is expected to enter a guilty plea to state charges on Friday. This comes after Kilwa Jones was set to enter that plea during a hearing Wednesday, but decided to wait until his family was present.…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration says nearly 13,000 prison staff in Illinois received training for dealing with mentally ill inmates in the past year. The governor’s office says the Corrections Department partnered with the National Alliance on Mental Illness to provide two-day training to help staff better understand conditions like schizophrenia and…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Republican Gov.-elect Eric Greitens will be responsible for filling a vacancy on the Missouri Supreme Court. The Appellate Judicial Commission on Wednesday announced it will accept applications for the judgeship through Feb. 3. By then, outgoing Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon will have left office. That will give Greitens an opportunity…
