ST. LOUIS (AP) – A girl has been taken to a hospital in critical and unstable condition after nearly drowning in a swimming pool at a St. Louis park. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1UDZqng ) reports that the incident happened at Marquette Park around 5:15 p.m. Tuesday. Captain Gregg Favre of the St. Louis Fire…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – An attorney in Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon’s office is one of three nominees to replace a retiring state appeals court judge. The Appellate Judicial Commission on Tuesday announced the nominees to replace state Western District Court of Appeals Judge Joseph Ellis, who retired in March after 23 years on the…
The Post-Dispatch reports that is possible, but not likely that the gun owner could face charges for endangering the welfare of a child
Rauner said that data don’t show any increase in crime yet, but he says “it will.”
Illinois has been operating without a budget since last summer as Rauner and Democrats who run the Legislature remain deadlocked
Madison, IL  (KTRS)  The Major Case Squad is investigating a double shooting that left one man dead and another man in hospitalized in the metro-east. Investigators say the shooting happened at just before 1 a.m. Tuesday near the intersection of 7th Street and Alton Avenue in Madison. The deceased victim is said to be a 31-year-old man…
( KTRS ) Officers responding to a call for shots fired in St. Ann, also found a working marijuana farm. Fox 2 news reports that it all began Sunday afternoon with reports of gunfire. Officers responding found an unoccupied vehicle that had been shot at 7 times. As they began canvassing the St Ann neighborhood.…
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) _ A former University of Missouri employee has admitted in federal court that she stole more than $716,000 from the school over nine years. Fifty-four-year-old Carla Rathmann of Mount Vernon pleaded guilty Monday in Springfield, Missouri to one count each of mail fraud and credit card fraud. Rathmann had worked at the university’s…
