CHICAGO (AP) – A judge has ordered Illinois health officials to reconsider their decision not to include migraine headaches on the list of conditions that qualify for use of medical marijuana in the state. The Chicago Tribune reports that a Cook County judge overturned Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Nirav Shah’s denial of…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – An advocate for victims of sexual abuse by clergy says his group will likely not hand over personal information about people who made accusations against a priest despite an order from a St. Louis federal judge. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests has…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police are investigating after a body was found on a bike trail along bike trail near the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge. The discovery was made at just before 8 a.m. Friday. Police say the victim is a white male, believed to be in his 70s and appeared to be homeless.…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A man is dead following an overnight house fire in south St. Louis. Firefighters were called to a burning home along the 4500 block of Prague at just before 2 a.m. Friday. Firefighters were able to rescue to man who was trapped in the basement, but he died after being…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri state senator who’s a former sheriff is condemning violence against police and says targeting law enforcement officers is a crime of hate. Republican Sen. Mike Parson on Thursday called to rally behind law enforcement after recent fatal shootings of police in Baton Rouge and Dallas. Parson is running for…
( KTRS ) Two people were killed and another critically injured Thursday afternoon in a fiery, three-vehicle, head-on crash that occurred during a police pursuit. The St. Louis Post Dispatch reports officers pursued the car into the city from North County. Authorities had been looking for the car since Monday, when they detected a live-streamed…
( KTRS ) St. Louis Police have issued an Endangered Silver Advisory for a missing elderly man. 81 yr old Delmar Pyatt, left his home around 8am Thursday morning to run errands, but never came home. Pyatt is described as 5’07, 130 lbs, grey hair, brown eyes, wearing white T-shirt, blue jeans, and black shoes.…
( KTRS ) Police in the city of Kinloch are searching for a suspect in a Thursday afternoon shooting. Around 3:20pm officers responded to a call of shots fired near the area of Monroe and Granberry. Upon the officer’s arrival, they located a deceased male in the front passenger seat of a vehicle suffering from…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri has had only two Republican secretaries of state since World War II, and both had the last name of Blunt. The GOP is poised to make a strong run at changing that pattern this year, especially if voters also embrace the concept that people should be required to show…
