( KTRS ) Authorities are investigating after a 5-year-old child was shot in north St. Louis. Police say It happened shortly before 1 pm Sunday afternoon, in the 2500 block of North Grand. Investigators say the boy was taken to a hospital in stable condition. No further details have been released. An investigation is ongoing.
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois is marking its first year of medical marijuana sales as more states voted on Election Day to allow legal use of the drug. The Chicago Tribune reports that despite anecdotes of medical marijuana’s positive influence on patients, broader data and randomized clinical trials of its use remain very limited. Officials report…
Does George Wallace always wear that hat? Even in the shower…?
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Authorities say dozens of people have been treated in downtown St. Louis over several days after apparently overdosing on a synthetic cannabis-like drug. St. Louis Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson tells the St. Louis Post-Dispatch most of the people appeared to be homeless and were in the areas of New Life Evangelistic…
( KTRS ) According to a video on Facebook, the distemper outbreak at Stray Rescue of St. Louis is not over. Thursday afternoon, in a Facebook video, Stray Rescue Owner Randy Grim said that the shelter had lost 2 more dogs to distemper, bringing the total number of deaths to 23. He added that further testing…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A federal agency has cited a Missouri roofing company after a worker died of heat stroke. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Thursday that it cited Weathercraft Incorporated with a serious violation and proposed penalties of $12,471. The agency said in a news release that a 47-year-old worker was…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois Department of Agriculture is starting a new program to allow farmers who are veterans or still serving in the military to use a special logo to market their products. The department said Thursday that farmers, ranchers and other agricultural producers who qualify can use the Homegrown by Heroes logo…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The man found fatally shot in an SUV on Interstate 55 in St. Louis was the owner of a popular Irish bar. Pat McVey, owner of Maggie O’Brien’s Restaurant & Irish Pub in downtown St. Louis, was found shortly before 6 p.m. Wednesday in a Ford Explorer on the side of…
