ST. LOUIS (AP) – A St. Louis jury has awarded a California woman more than $70 million in her lawsuit alleging that years of using Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder caused her cancer, the latest case raising concerns about the health ramifications of extended talcum powder use. The jury ruling Thursday ended the trial that…
A St. Louis man has been sentenced to nearly 2 decades in prison for robbing a farm supply store. 49 yr old Rodney Mathes was sentenced Thursday to 19 yrs and and seven months in federal prison. He was charged with breaking into the Rural King in Swansea, Illnois, with another man back in January…
( KTRS ) Authorities are investigating after a man was fatally shot in the Penrose neighborhood late Thursday night. The man was found dead on the 4800 block of Margaretta Avenue shortly after 11 p.m. The victims identity has not been released at this time. No further details are available.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – An analysis for The Associated Press shows Missouri consumers next year will have dramatically fewer choices in health insurance markets created by President Barack Obama’s overhaul launched in 2014. The analysis by Avalere Health finds Missouri among just eight states with only one participating insurer in most of its counties.…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A funeral has been held for a St. Louis man who had four years of freedom after his rape and murder convictions that sent to him to prison for nearly three decades were reversed. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 60-year-old George Allen Jr.’s funeral was on Wednesday. His family found…
OVERLAND, Mo. (AP) _ Someone out there is holding a Powerball ticket worth $1 million purchased in suburban St. Louis. The Missouri Lottery says a ticket bought at a Quick Mart store in the Overland area matched all five white-ball numbers: 2, 3, 16, 48 and 56. It is the 42nd time a Missouri Lottery…
(KTRS) – Homicide detectives are on the scene after what appears to be a human skull was found in St. Louis. The discovery was made at a lot on Riverview Boulevard near I-70 just before 9 a.m. Police have released few details about the incident but Fox 2 reports that a Laclede Gas employee may…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Democratic Party says it will ask the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to review a mysterious donation to Republican Eric Greitens’ campaign for governor to determine if it violated “pay to play” rules. Democratic state chairman Roy Temple slammed the donation Wednesday during a teleconference with reporters, and…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) An Endangered Person Advisory is in effect for a missing man believed to be suicidal. Police say 23-year-old Gavin Newman was last seen on October 17th at the Florissant K-Mart on North Lindbergh, where he left his belongings. He had made previous suicidal statements prior to his disappearance. Newman is…
