Washington, D.C. (AP) The Supreme Court won’t reconsider its decision to reject former Illinois Goveror Rod Blagojevich’s appeal of his corruption convictions. The justices on Monday denied without comment a petition urging the court to take another look at the case. The court first turned down Blagojevich’s appeal on March 28th. He challenged an…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A woman is dead and her infant child was found unharmed following a shooting in downtown St. Louis. Police say the woman was gunned down late Sunday night on Washington Avenue. The suspect then took off in the car the woman was in with her 9-month child inside, according to investigators.…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois’ top corrections official says an overhaul has begun of prison mental health programs following a settlement in a class-action lawsuit. Illinois Department of Corrections Director John Baldwin tells The (Bloomington) Pantagraph (http://bit.ly/1XK6Fgi) he wants the state to be a national model. Baldwin says Gov. Bruce Rauner is committed to making…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s Republican-led Legislature this year passed tax breaks for goods and services ranging from wheelchairs to yoga classes. That might mean a showdown with Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon, whose administration says the tax breaks could lead to an $80 million hole in the state budget. Legislative researchers put the price…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Carmen Valero-Aracama already had one advanced degree. She got another one for the simple reason that she wants a better understanding of her child. Valero-Aracama earned a doctorate in horticulture years ago. This week, she was among 3,000 students who graduated from Washington University in St. Louis, earning a doctorate in audiology.…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Agriculture and mining industries could gain more influence over Missouri’s water regulations under legislation awaiting the governor’s approval. The Legislature voted this month to allow industry-backed commissioners to replace public representatives on the Clean Water Commission. Some in the agriculture community criticized the commission for revoking a permit for a…
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ST. LOUIS (AP) – Jury selection has begun in the murder-for-hire trial of a former suburban Chicago police officer who’s accused of plotting to kill the prosecutor who put him behind bars in his third wife’s death. Sixty-two-year-old Drew Peterson was convicted in 2012 of first-degree murder. Kathleen Savio’s death eight years earlier initially was…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A group of activists are calling for a special prosecutor to handle the case in which a former police officer is accused of killing a man while on duty. St. Louis Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce filed first-degree murder charges Monday against Jason Stockley, more than four years after the shooting death…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A man is dead following an overnight shooting in north St. Louis. Authorities say the victim was found shot to death early Friday morning in the 4100 block of West Florissant. There’s no word of any arrests or a motive. The victim’s name hasn’t been released. This brings the unofficial murder…