Pine Lawn, MO (KTRS) A deadly shooting in Pine Lawn is being investigated. Police say 44-year-old Fernando Smith was shot multiple times inside of his home along the 3800 block of Council Grove early Monday evening. Smith was able to make a neighbor’s home for help. Smith was taken to the hospital, where he died early…
CHICAGO (AP) – Officials say Illinois patients legally purchased nearly $1.7 million worth of medical marijuana during November and December Program director Joseph Wright on Monday announced sales figures since Nov. 9, when Illinois launched regulated sales with the opening of the state’s first licensed cannabis dispensaries. Wholesale sales – what growers sold to dispensaries…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Republican-led Missouri legislative panel says the Senate should launch contempt proceedings against the leader of a St. Louis-region Planned Parenthood. The report comes after Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri didn’t comply with a subpoena sent to President and CEO Mary Kogut. The Senate Interim…
( KTRS ) Newly proposed Missouri legislation would make it a crime for women to use drugs while pregnant. Rep. Jered Taylor, a Republican from Nixa, says his bill is intended to get women into treatment before they give birth. He says the bill would push offenders into drug court, where their sentences would be deferred…
( KTRS ) More than 100 Republican Missouri lawmakers are calling for a University of Missouri assistant professor to be fired in response to her videotaped clash with reporters during campus protests. The group of lawmakers sent a letter to the Board of Curators to oust assistant communications professor Melissa Click, on Monday. Click garnered national…
(KTRS) – Police say that a toddler who was shot while playing on the floor of his living room, should make a full recovery. The child was shot just after midnight on Sunday. Police have very little information concerning the shooting and are asking anyone with information to contact the Madison County Sheriff’s Office at 618-692-4433,…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Republican-led Missouri legislative panel says the Senate should launch contempt proceedings against a St. Louis-region Planned Parenthood. The report from the Senate Interim Committee on the Sanctity of Life comes after the Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri refused to comply with a subpoena. The…
(KTRS) – The Rams are one of three NFL teams expected to file for relocation to Los Angeles sometime today. The three teams expect to apply–the Rams, Chargers, and Raiders. The franchise relocation fee is $550 million. Fox 2 reports that no team has yet to receive enough support from league owners to make the…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Those wanting to go to the top of the Arch will have to wait. The underground visitors center at the Gateway Arch and the trams to the top will be closed beginning Monday for at least two months due to the major renovation work underway at the riverfront park. Arch rides and…
EAST TROY, Wis. (AP) – Two bodies were pulled from a frigid Wisconsin lake and two other men were missing after the four friends left a house early Sunday morning and apparently took a canoe out on the lake but never returned, a state investigative spokesman said. Jason Roberts, spokesman for investigation of the incident…