McCaskill confirms 2018 run during Missouri military tour
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…
Alton, IL man gets 20 years for fatal 2013 crash
( 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…
State, local police team up to stop holiday impaired driving
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…
Illinois officials to notify 700 voters of database hack
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…
Commencement Held For St. Charles County Drug Court Program
St. Charles County, MO (KTRS) A group of would-be inmates are getting a chance at a new start. On Wednesday afternoon, 31 participants graduated from the St. Charles County Court Treatment program, which allows those with alcohol or drug related offenses to enroll in a year-long court supervised treatment program as an alternative to jail…
Police say 85 year-old man went missing in O’Fallon, MO
(KTRS) – Police in O’Fallon, Missouri issued a Silver Advisory after an 85-year-old man went missing. Billie Jo Hubbard was last seen picking up a prescription on North Main St in O’Fallon Wednesday morning around 11:15. Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or the nearest police.
Family has questions after inmate hangs himself in jail cell
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – Relatives of a 25-year-old St. Louis County Justice Center inmate who hanged himself are questioning why he wasn’t on suicide watch. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 25-year-old Micah Joel Lees of Lake St. Louis was found hanging in his cell Monday. Relatives say he was taken off life support at…
Reporter sues over Missouri’s picks of execution witnesses
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – An online reporter whose stories have been critical of Missouri’s death penalty procedures alleges in a federal lawsuit that he’s wrongly been excluded from being an execution witness. The American Civil Liberties Union’s suit Wednesday on Buzzfeed News reporter Christopher McDaniel’s behalf asks a judge to block anyone other than…