( KTRS ) A judge has dismissed claims of conspiracy in the handling of a drowning investigation by the Missouri State Highway Patrol. A federal civil lawsuit, by the victims family, alleged that commanders in the highway patrol tried to cover up the cause of 20 yr old Brandon Ellingson’s death. In 2014, Ellingson died…
CHICAGO (AP) – U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin has sharply criticized Gov. Bruce Rauner for attacking downstate Democrats who supported additional funding for Chicago Public Schools. The Chicago Sun-Times reports Durbin told Illinois delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on Thursday they “cannot allow any politician to divide this state.” Durbin later told reporters:…
(KTRS) – A St. Louis County man is facing charges connected to the death of a 21-month-old child. Police were called to a north county home Wednesday on reports of a sick child. When they arrived, they found John Wilbourne had injuries to his head and torso. He later died that the hospital. Vincent Jones…
( KTRS ) A man wanted by Alton, IL police is in custody. Authorities says 29 yr old Larry Northcutt is a “person of interest” in connection with a homicide investigation. 29 yr old Christopher Gernigin, was found dead near the Clark Bridge early Saturday morning. The Alton Police Department did not say how Northcutt…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A former St. Louis police detective who admitted beating a handcuffed suspect faces more than four years in federal prison for a civil rights violation. Thomas A. Carroll pleaded guilty earlier in St. Louis to a felony count of deprivation of rights under color of law. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch…
( KTRS ) The Republican candidates for Missouri governor debated for the last time Wednesday, before next week’s primary. Businessman John Brunner, former Navy SEAL Eric Greitens, former prosecutor and state House Speaker Catherine Hanaway and Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder are all vying for a win August 2nd. Prevouisly during debates, the candidates outlined plans…
The family of a man, badly burned after being caught in the middle of a police chase, say they want answers. More than 60% of Angelo Gant’s body suffered third-degree burns when his SUV was hit head-on by a car being pursued by police. Brittany Rawls, Gant’s sister, told the Post Dispatch that her brother…
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan says he has no idea why Republican state Rep. Ronald L. Sandack resigned over the weekend. Answering questions Wednesday at a Democratic National Convention breakfast in Philadelphia, Madigan said Democrats had no role in the cyberattacks Sandack cited in resigning. Sandack, from the Chicago suburb of Downers…
