COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (AP) – The St. Louis area’s first medical marijuana dispensary is slated to open in the city’s Illinois suburbs. HCI Alternatives in Collinsville plans a grand opening at noon Monday at a retail location adjacent to the Illinois State Police’s regional headquarters. A second St. Louis-area dispensary in the village of Sauget near…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis Police are investigating another homicide. Police say a man was found shot to death in 5500 block of West Florissant Avenue in north St. Louis early Saturday morning. The victim’s name hasn’t been released. There’s no word of any arrests. The brings the unofficial murder count in St. Louis to…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A man is in stable condition at being shot by police in north St. Louis. Authorities say officers responding to a report of a shooting in the 5100 block of Cates Avenue early Saturday morning. Upon arrival, a 50-year-old man approached them. Then according to police, a 52-year-old man walked out…
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is seeking to dismiss lawsuits brought by two daily fantasy sports sites that claim their contests are games of skill allowed by state law. Madigan issued an advisory opinion last month saying daily fantasy sports betting is illegal gambling in Illinois. She’s said her opinion was prompted…
CHICAGO (AP) – Chicago Public Schools officials say they’re sending layoff notices to 227 administrative employees and closing up nearly 200 positions that were already vacant. The nation’s third-largest school district said in a news release that notices were being sent Friday, though 57 employees would be able to reapply for 35 positions. The district…
(KTRS) – The month-long search for a missing Eureka man is over. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says someone found Tyler Adams’ body on Thursday in a shed in the Bevo neighborhood. Adams was reported missing on December 4. Fox 2 reports that there does not appear to evidence of foul play at the scene…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Soldiers Memorial Museum in downtown St. Louis is set to close for two years for a renovation project. The $30-million project will focus on re-doing the museum’s interior and outdoor improvements will include better lighting. The complex was built in 1935 to honor of World War I veterans. President Franklin Roosevelt…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Relatives of a man fatally shot by an off-duty St. Louis police officer have filed a wrongful death lawsuit. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1ZPVm97 ) reports the suit was filed Wednesday in St. Louis Circuit Court on behalf of the parents of VonDerrit Myers Jr. and the mother of his child.…
(KTRS ) The Missouri Supreme Court has set a May execution date for a man convicted of killing a deputy and two other people 13 years ago. The court issued a warrant of execution for 66-year-old Earl Forrest. His execution on May 11 would be the first of 2016. Forrest was convicted of killing Harriett…
ALBION, Ill. (AP) – A staff sergeant from Illinois who served in the U.S. Army and was killed during a mission in Vietnam has been laid to rest next to his parents 46 years after his death. Kenneth Leroy Cunningham was aboard a Mohawk aircraft during a surveillance mission on Oct. 3, 1969, when the…