COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – An activist group has suspended its efforts to loosen marijuana restrictions in Columbia while awaiting the fate of a statewide push to allow Missourians to vote on legalizing medical marijuana. Mid-Missouri NORMAL wants Columbia to decriminalize the cultivation of six or fewer marijuana plants. Group president Josh Chittum says the issue…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Twenty-six Syrian refugees have arrived in St. Louis to start new lives. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the International Institute of St. Louis helped four families make their way to the city over the weekend. Volunteers with the institute spent last week preparing housing and gathering food items for each…
( KTRS) Police have arrested two suspects for allegedly shooting a 3-year-old boy in the head Saturday night. The child is alive, but remains in critical condition. The boy was shot Saturday night around 8:20, while riding in a car with his father. According to the father, he was turning left onto East Grand Boulevard…
Hastert has a Wednesday afternoon deadline to report to federal prison
(KTRS) – The Jackson, Missouri police department issued an Endangered Person Advisory for a 57-year-old woman who was last seen on Friday. Police say that Adrienna Ptacek’s family last saw her Friday at 4 p.m. She is a white female, five-feet ten-inches tall with blonde hair. She also drives a Checy Malibu with a broken…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A suspect is being sought in connection with the shooting of a 3-year-old boy in north St. Louis. Police say the child was riding in a car with his father Saturday night when shots were fired from another vehicle on East Grand and Blair. At last report, the child was in…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A pack of five African wild dogs – an endangered breed down to a few thousand in the wild – has a new home in suburban St. Louis. The Endangered Wolf Center in Eureka has taken in the animals – an adult male, an adult female and three pups. The center,…
( KTRS ) A body was found Sunday morning in the Missouri River. St. Charles police say the body of a African-American male was found on the west side of the river near the Discovery Bridge. Fox 2 News reports that investigators believe it is the same man who jumped into the river at the Goldenrod…
