( KTRS ) Authorities report that a missing teen girl, and her new born son, have been found safe in West Virginia. 13 yr old Katherine Derleth, and her infant son, went missing last Sunday. Police believed that they had been taken by the girls step-father, 39 yr old Christopher Derleth, and could be headed…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court has issued minimum standards for municipal courts in response to accusations that courts in the St. Louis area routinely violate the rights of the poor. Some have decried the practice of holding defendants in jail who aren’t able to pay fines or bail and sometimes have to…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The operator of a suburban St. Louis landfill that is the source of a strong odor due to an underground fire has reached a settlement in a federal lawsuits filed by nearly three dozen nearby residents. Bridgeton Landfill LLC announced the settlement Friday with 34 residents. Their lawsuits claimed that they…
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Jefferson City, MO Â (KTRS) Â The Missouri Supreme Court is setting new minimum standards for municipal courts in response to accusations that courts in the St. Louis area routinely violate the rights of the poor. Chief Justice Patricia Breckenridge spoke of these new standards on Thursday at the joint annual meeting of the Missouri Bar Association…
St. Louis, MO Â (KTRS) Â A suspect is being sought after an SUV was stolen with a child inside at a north St. Louis gas station. Police say the two-month-old boy was left in the vehicle while his mother went into the gas station on Goodfellow Boulevard and Natural Bridge Thursday afternoon. That’s when a male…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander, who is also the Democratic nominee running for the U.S. Senate, is calling on the Missouri Legislature to pass a law allowing medical marijuana. Kander on Thursday came out in support of medical marijuana legislation in a statement through the secretary of state’s office, not…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois Supreme Court has overturned a law requiring six-member juries in civil trials. The court ruled 5-0 on Thursday that the law is unconstitutional. Chief Justice Rita Garman determined in the court’s opinion that the Illinois Constitution does not allow the Legislature to alter the size of civil juries from…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri state senator says a company that employs about 15,000 people in the St. Louis area should be disqualified from receiving tax credits or investments because it is doing business with Iran. St. Louis County Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt is pushing legislation to block Missouri tax funds from being invested…
( KTRS ) Drivers will once again be able to use Beaumont-Antire Road to access I-44. A MODOT official says construction and repairs finished early on the outer roadway, so it should be open Friday. The roadway closed August 15 and was scheduled to remain closed for 45 days. Weather permitting, MODOT will reopen the section…