JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s public defenders say they need almost twice as many attorneys to handle their caseload, and Gov. Jay Nixon’s proposal to increase their budget by $1 million won’t solve that problem. State Public Defender Director Michael Barrett told a Senate panel Tuesday his office is short-staffed by more than 250…
(KTRS/AP) – Saint Louis University Hospital is seeing a surge in problems related to synthetic marijuana. Fox 2 reports that the hospital has treated more than 100 patients in just the past two weeks for various illnesses related to synthetic marijuana. The ailments can include an increased chance for strokes, heart attacks, and kidney failure.…
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Oran, MO (KTRS) A dog is being credited for saving a child during a sexual assault in southeast Missouri. The Scott County Sheriff’s Department says detectives were called on Feb. 4 by a girl younger than 14, who reported 55-year-old Richie Dock of Oran had allegedly assaulted her at his apartment by inappropriately touching her…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is recommending that St. Louis Public Schools remain under an appointed board for another three years. The Missouri Board of Education is scheduled to vote on that recommendation on Tuesday. The Special Administrative Board has been in control of the district since 2007,…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The task force on education formed by Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan will begin holding hearings this week. The panel will meet with Illinois educators at the Capitol on Tuesday to address the state’s decades-old education formula that some lawmakers say unfairly penalizes students in poor districts. House Majority Leader Barbara…
( KTRS ) The Missouri Department of Conservation say hunters could do more to reduce the population of dangerous feral hogs in the state if they stop shooting them. Officials acknowledge the proposal sounds odd, but they say hunters who shoot a few of the big, wild hogs interfere with efforts to trap them. The traps…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A panel of House members has approved cutting a $12 million payment for the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis. The House committee on Monday chopped next fiscal year’s annual payment, which helps pay off the football stadium. Gov. Jay Nixon last year proposed extending payments to build a new…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A St. Louis man has been charged in the robbery and killing of another man last month. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/20Xwzk5 ) reports that 31-year-old Adrian Raynell Washington was charged Sunday with first-degree murder robbery and armed criminal action in the shooting death of 21-year-old Antoine Bland on Jan. 18.…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Legislature has given final approval to legislation that would create a new circuit court in southeast Missouri. The House voted 147-5 Monday to split the court covering Christian and Taney counties and the city of Branson. The Senate approved the measure in January. The bill now heads to Gov.…