FULTON, Mo. (AP) — A central Missouri judge says the furry canines she has been bringing into her courtroom once a week since September provide a calming effect for young witnesses on the abuse and neglect docket. The Jefferson City News-Tribune reports Associate Circuit Judge Sue Crane says the therapy dogs that come into Callaway…
QUINCY, Ill. (AP) – A federal report obtained by The Associated Press shows that the Legionnaire’s disease outbreak that killed 12 residents of an Illinois state veterans home this summer and sickened dozens was likely spread by an aging water system at a 129-year-old facility that lacked several safeguards. The Centers for Disease Control report…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – St. Louis’ mayor is calling for the removal of a three-story Confederate memorial from the city’s sprawling Forest Park. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch says Francis Slay took that position after a special committee earlier this month recommended that the monument either be donated to the Missouri Civil War Museum or placed…
CHICAGO (AP) – New York-based FanDuel and Boston-based DraftKings have filed separate lawsuits against Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, a day after she declared daily fantasy sports betting illegal in the state. FanDuel filed its lawsuit Thursday in Illinois’ Sangamon County along with Head2Head Sports LLC, a season-long fantasy contest operator. DraftKings filed suit Thursday…
(KTRS) – Illinois residents will face new restrictions in 2016 when trying to buy powdered caffeine or alcohol in 2016. Starting January 1 you must be 18 or old to buy powdered caffeine. One teaspoon of the mixture can be as potent as 28 cups of coffee. Powdered alcohol will be entirely banned. It is…
(KTRS) – St. Louis County Police need help to solve a fatal hit-and-run accident in North county Wednesday night. Just after 7:30, they say that 26-year-old Robert Killian was walking in the crosswalk near Townsend Elementary, when he was hit. Killian was taken to the hospital where he died. Police say they have few leads…
(KTRS) – The festive mood at the annual “Winter Wonderland” light display in Tilles Park was disrupted Wednesday. The Post-Dispatch reports that passengers in horse-drawn carriages were greeted by supporters and protesters. Members of the St. Louis Animal Rights Team were there to mark two years since a horse named King, died while giving carriage…
(KTRS) – The mother of three-year-old Xavier Robinson wants the 15-year-old boy who shot and killed her son this week, to be charged as an adult. The Post-Dispatch reports that Semaj Porter says the suspect will likely serve some time in juvenile detention and then “get on with his life”, but all she will have…
GRANITE CITY, Ill. (AP) – A tentative contract agreement between U.S. Steel Corp. and the United Steelworkers union won’t prevent the company from temporarily shutting down its Granite City plant. Local union official Dave Dowling tells the Belleville News-Democrat (bit.ly/1mfH9jD ) that the preliminary deal announced Saturday won’t affect the planned idling of the St.…
( KTRS ) Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has granted clemency to seven people and denied another 247 requests. In a released statement, Rauner’s office says each person who received clemency has been subject to a recent criminal background check. The grantees include two people who were convicted of burglary – including one case from 1978.…