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…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Senate has passed a bill that would add requirements for expert witnesses’ testimony. Senators voted 20-10 in favor of the bill Thursday. It now heads to the House. Republican bill sponsor Sen. Mike Parson says there have been cases when expert witnesses gave opinions beyond their knowledge. His…
CHICAGO (AP) – Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner says he backs a top Democrat’s proposed pension overhaul as long as it includes a union-weakening provision on collective bargaining. Rauner told reporters Thursday he spoke to Senate President John Cullerton and they agreed to move forward. However, both sides quickly disputed the specifics. Cullerton says Rauner misrepresented…
The measures now head to the Senate for approval, where similar legislation is pending
Warren Marshall was shot and killed on December 8 while waiting at the stop on the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood
The woman, a young girl, and infant in the car all died
