VERSAILLES, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the drowning of a handcuffed Iowa man. The Kansas City Star reports that a special prosecutor announced the charge Friday against Trooper Anthony Piercy outside the Morgan County Justice Center. Piercy was transporting Brandon Ellingson for a breath…
CHICAGO (AP) – Gov. Bruce Rauner says this week’s meeting with legislative leaders about the state budget impasse was productive even though House Speaker Michael Madigan did not attend. The Republican governor commented Friday after the Democratic speaker missed the latest meeting Thursday due to what his spokesman said was a scheduling conflict. Rauner says…
Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) A Missouri lawmaker wants to raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour. State Representative Michael Butler has pre-filed legislation that would raise the state’s minimum wage to that amount. Butler says the state’s current minimum wage of $7.65 an hour has trapped too many Missourians in poverty. “No one…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The St. Louis Board of Aldermen is scheduled to vote on the final financing package for a new NFL stadium. However, the additional $100-million contribution from the NFL, which was included in package the board approved on Tuesday is questionable. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell sent a letter on Thursday to Governor…
SWANSEA, Ill. (AP) – A retired East St. Louis police captain has died in an apparent accidental shooting. The Belleville News-Democrat (http://bit.ly/1OAne5Q ) reports that 72-year-old Sherman Jumper of Swansea died Wednesday afternoon after a small handgun he was carrying inside of a bag discharged. Police say Jumper was in his garage and appeared to…
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) – A southwestern Illinois woman has pleaded guilty to lying about a terminal ovarian cancer diagnosis and stealing money raised on her behalf. Thirty-two-year-old Alissa Jackson of Belleville was a married mother of five when she was charged in June 2014 with bilking thousands of dollars in donations, free food and a…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Supporters of increasing the cigarette tax by 23 cents a pack are collecting signatures to get the proposal on the ballot. Missouri Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association Executive Director Ronald Leone said Wednesday an outside firm began gathering signatures this week. Initiative petitions need a certain number of voter signatures…
