BROOKLYN, Ill. (AP) – Police in southwestern Illinois say they found a 35-year-old shooting victim’s lifeless body in the trunk of a car that had just crashed into a pole near a village police department outside St. Louis. St. Clair County Coroner Rick Stone identified the victim as Roderick Taylor of Cahokia. The Belleville News-Democrat…
( KTRS ) A St. Louis police officer who fatally shot 18-year-old VonDerrit Myers Jr. last fall has resigned after police opened an investigation into whether he was drunk when crashed his squad car. Police spokeswoman Schron Jackson reports that officer Jason Flanery was driving his patrol car Saturday morning when he struck a parked…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Cash-strapped Illinois has at least $4 billion in the bank. The money is sits in special funds in the state budget created for specific purposes. But an Associated Press analysis shows it’s in 531 accounts that could be ripe for picking as a fix to the budget mess. No one has…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri lawmaker says he will try again to get his state on permanent daylight saving time, but his proposed measure calls for at least two neighboring states to do the same before it can go into effect. Republican state Rep. Mike Kelley of Springfield says it doesn’t make sense…
SIKESTON, Mo. (AP) – A 35-year-old southeast Missouri man is dead after being shot outside a liquor store, and police say they have identified a person of interest. The Southeast Missourian (http://bit.ly/1Zj8v6T ) reports officers found the Sikeston man shot in the chest and lying in the road after the incident, which happened around 5…
HANNIBAL, Mo. (AP) — A nature preserve planned in the northeast Missouri town of Hannibal will be more than a place to picnic or walk in the woods. It also will serve as a protected area for about 168,000 federally endangered Indiana bats, which hibernate in a former limestone mine that closed a half-century ago…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Three Missouri lawmakers are proposing measures that would forbid motorists from texting while driving, regardless of their age. Current state law bans texting for drivers under the age of 21 and drivers of commercial motor vehicles. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports State Senator Jill Schupp, a Creve Couer Democrat, is sponsoring…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A coalition of 12 municipalities has filed a lawsuit challenging a St. Louis County ordinance regulating police standards. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the municipalities, which include Clayton, Webster Groves and Florissant, filed the suit Thursday to block legislation that could place oversight of policing guidelines in the hands of…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The University of Missouri system’s interim president’s contract calls for him to be paid nearly $40,000 a month. The Columbia Missourian reports that Michael Middleton signed the deal Wednesday, also putting him line to earn up to $25,000 in performance-based and deferred compensation payments Middleton took over as interim president on…
St.Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis has a stadium funding plan. On late Friday afternoon, the St. Louis Board of Aldermen approved the financing package by a vote of 10-17. Mayor Francis Slay is expected to sign the bill by Monday, according to city officials. The vote was preceeded by two hours of discussion. Even Comptroller…