WENTZVILLE, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri father is facing child abuse charges after allegedly shoving his fingers down his infant son’s throat to make the baby stop crying. Investigators say 19-year-old Robert Burnette of Wentzville also threw his 6-week-old son onto a bed, violently shook him and picked him up by the back of his…
( KTRS ) Authorities have issued an Endangered person advisory for a missing 56 yr old woman. Missing is Kerry Lee Brueggeman, she was last seen around 12:30pm Monday afternoon in her room at the Tesson Heights Senior Living Center. Police say Kerry has been diagnosed with schizo-affective disorder, needs a walker or wheelchair to…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Hundreds of people who were illegally jailed in a St. Louis suburb are eligible to share in a lawsuit settlement, but with the deadline approaching, most of them have not come forward. Officials with the non-profit law firm ArchCity Defenders and other advocates for minorities and the poor said at a…
Will marijuana ever be legalized in the State of Missouri for recreational use?
St. Louis, MO Â (KTRS) Â Three St. Louis-area school districts say they will end out-of-school suspensions for preschool students through third-grade students in the next two years. That announcement from the school districts of Ladue, Normandy, and Maplewood-Richmond Heights made at an assemblyon Sunday for the Break the Pipeline campaign, an effort spearheaded by Metropolitan Congregations…
Mayor Slay has been pushing for a $1.4 billion expansion of a North-South MetroLink line.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri mega-donors say a newly approved constitutional amendment to cap campaign contributions won’t keep money out of politics. Almost 70 percent of voters on Tuesday approved capping donations to candidates at $2,600 per election. Checks to political parties can’t exceed $25,000. A spokesman for wealthy donor Rex Sinquefield says that…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Democratic Congressman William Lacy Clay says the election of Donald Trump as president should have no impact on the settlement agreement between the city of Ferguson and the U.S. Department of Justice. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Clay spoke Thursday at a St. Louis forum on criminal justice reform. He…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The top Democratic leaders in the Illinois Legislature say they will not attend a postelection meeting that Gov. Bruce Rauner called for Monday to discuss ending an epic budget standoff. Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan’s spokesman issued a statement Sunday afternoon saying a scheduling conflict would prevent Madigan from meeting with…
