JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has signed a bill into law that will restrict access to video from police car dashboard and body cameras. Nixon signed legislation Friday that will restrict public access to video footage until investigations are finished. It also allows recordings in nonpublic areas to be restricted except…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Just because Illinois lawmakers approved a stopgap budget doesn’t necessarily mean that motorists will again receive reminders in the mail that it’s time to renew their license plate registrations. The stopgap budget approved last week provides $35 million to cover the Secretary of State’s operations through December but The Pantagraph in…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Two people are dead following two separate shootings overnight in south St. Louis. Police say three people were gunned down on Folsom near Spring at just before 1 a.m . One of those victims died. There’s no word on the conditions of the surviving victims. About an hour later, a man…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) An overnight fire is to blame for damaging a north city market where two men were fatally shot on the Fourth of July. Firefighters were called to Moma Minnie’s Market on Page and Pendleton at just before 2 a.m. Friday. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Meanwhile, police are…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson is taking precautions for his officers in response to the sniper attacks on police in Dallas. Dotson tweeted that “Due to events unfolding in Dallas, Texas, effectively immediately, all on-duty officers will work in pairs until further notice. No police officers, park rangers or marshals will…
Dallas, TX (AP) – Police Chief David Brown says a suspect in the overnight attack that killed five police officers, wounded seven others and wounded two civilians said he was upset over the recent police shootings of black men and wanted to kill white people. Brown said at a news conference Friday that the suspect…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Senate’s top Democrat has stepped down to take an administrative judgeship. Senate Minority Leader Joe Keaveny resigned Thursday. Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon announced he’s been named a St. Louis workers’ compensation administrative law judge. Those judges can approve settlements and issue awards after hearings on injured workers’ benefits.…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – St. Louis’ black police officers’ association is calling for the city’s police chief to resign, claiming he’s unfair in managing the department and making promotions. Homicide unit Sgt. Heather Taylor, president of the Ethical Society of Police, says the group isn’t accusing Police Chief Sam Dotson of racial discrimination, but that…
