( KTRS ) The Phelps County Sheriff’s Department is seeking the publics help in identifying the body of a young woman was found alongside Interstate 44. Authorities say the body was found lying by the side of the road, near mile marker 171, between Rolla and St. Robert early Saturday morning. The victim is believed…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – St. Louis police say officers shot and wounded a 14-year-old boy after he fired at officers. Police Chief Sam Dotson told The St. Louis Post-Dispatch the shooting occurred Sunday. Police say the wounded teenager, whose name hasn’t been released, was hospitalized in critical but stable condition. No officers were injured. Dotson says…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the St. Louis Election Board to make electronic machines available to the disabled for absentee voting. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports a lawsuit alleged that not making the technology available violated the Americans With Disabilities Act. U.S. District Judge Audrey Fleissig said Friday the temporary restraining…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A woman running for a seat in the Missouri Legislature has accused a fellow Democratic candidate of raping her. Cora Faith Walker told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that the attack happened the night of Aug. 26 or early the next morning when she went to meet Steven Roberts Jr. at a…
CHICAGO (AP) – Republican Mark Kirk has repeatedly criticized Democratic U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth’s service as director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs as he fights to keep his U.S. Senate seat. His latest attacks come in campaign ads that claim there was “shocking abuse” of veterans, manipulated wait lists and retaliation against “whistleblowers”…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Gov. Jay Nixon is pardoning 14 more people, who have completed their sentences for various crimes in Missouri. Nixon on Friday announced the pardons, which include clemency for a man sentenced to probation in 1987 for stealing in Boone County and who later achieved the rank of Commander in the…
BRENTWOOD, Mo. (AP) – Supporters of Missouri’s two major party candidates for governor gathered Thursday for news conferences minutes apart in the same suburban St. Louis building to criticize the other candidate’s record on women’s issues. The Missouri Democratic Party criticized Republican Eric Greitens for continuing to use a TV ad featuring Vietnam veteran Robert…
Police are investigating after a woman was shot in the neck Thursday evening while driving near the St. Louis Science Center. Authorities report, the woman was driving near Kingshighway and Oakland around 7:45 p.m. when she was shot The woman was taken to a hospital and said to be in serious condition. No further details…
CHICAGO (AP) – Gov. Bruce Rauner is urging Illinois lawmakers to approve a bill that would make it easier for inmates to get state identification cards when they’re released to help them get jobs and housing. Two Democrats, Rep. Mary Flowers and Sen. Kwame Raoul, joined the Republican governor in calling for the House to…
