St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce must turn over personal information on victims and witnesses to defense attorneys. That’s according to a judge’s ruling on Wednesday, stemming from an on-going battle between Joyce and Mary Fox, the city’s head public defender. Joyce has exercised a policy of redacting personal information from…
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill has confirmed that she’ll run for re-election in 2018. The Springfield News-Leader reports (http://sgfnow.co/2bCxPWt ) the Missouri Democrat said Tuesday while visiting a National Guard facility at Springfield-Branson National Airport that she’ll be “asking for another tour.” A McCaskill spokesman confirmed she intends to seek re-election. Voters first…
( KTRS ) An Alton man, IL. man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for a fatal 2013 traffic crash. 29 yr old Jeffrey Rynders, was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty to two counts of ‘Aggravated DUI Resulting in Death’ this past June. The fatal accident happened in September 2013. Rynders was driving under…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – State and local law enforcement officials are warning motorists to “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” during the Labor Day weekend. The Illinois Department of Transportation and the Illinois State Police are teaming up with nearly 200 local police agencies to reduce fatalities on the heavily traveled weekend. Police officers will be…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois election officials say they’ll mail notices to about 700 voters whose records were viewed during a cyberattack on the state’s voter registration system database last month and more could follow. In a Wednesday news release, the Illinois State Board of Elections says it “strongly” suspects another 86,000 records were viewed…
