Judge Rules Missouri Must Name Source Of Execution Drug
Jefferson City, MO (KTRS)  Missouri must reveal the source of the drug it uses to execute prisoners. That’s according to a ruling this week by  Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem. This stemmed from a lawsuit filed by media organizations, including the St. Louis Post Dispatch and the Associated Press, seeking to uncover more information about…
Three Bodies Found In North City
St. Louis, MO Â (KTRS) Â Homicide detectives are investigating following the discovery of three bodies in north St. Louis on Wednesday morning. Police were called to the 4800 block of Anderson at just before 7:30 a.m. after a man was found shot to death. Â About twenties minutes later, two more bodies were discovered near Enright…
Study Finds Affluence Factor In Municipal Court Experience
St. Louis, MO Â (KTRS) Â A new study suggests that a community’s affluence plays a role in determining a person’s municipal court experience. Saint Louis University conducted an exit poll of 753 people leaving courts in thirteen St. Louis County municipalities. The poll found that both black and white residents had a far better experience in…
Former Missouri lawmaker, father of Sen. Blunt dies
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A former Missouri lawmaker who is the father U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt and grandfather of former Gov. Matt Blunt has died. Roy Blunt said his father Leroy Blunt died Monday at the Marshfield Care Center in southwestern Missouri. His son says he died at age 94 from the effects of…
Human Remains Found In 2004 Identified As Missing Alton Woman
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) – Police in Illinois and Missouri have identified the woman whose dismembered body was found at an Interstate 70 rest stop more than a decade ago. The Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis on Tuesday identified the victim as Deanna D. Howland of Alton, Illinois. A highway maintenance worker found Howland’s…
Illinois budget impasse spurs creative way to fund shelters
(KTRS/AP) Illinois homeless shelters struggling to get by without state aid during the budget stalemate could get a much-needed financial boost thanks to specialty scratch-off lottery ticket sales. A measure pending in the Illinois Legislature would create a new $3 scratch ticket and designate all the proceeds for grants to help homeless shelters. The proposal…
Feds reaching out to former Missouri nuclear weapons workers
BRIDGETON, Mo. (AP) – The U.S. Department of Labor is holding a two-day outreach event later this month in Bridgeton for former nuclear weapons workers, families and survivors. Department representatives will staff the event slated for March 29 and 30 at the International Union of Operating Engineers Hall in Bridgeton, which is part of the…