( KTRS ) The state auditor says more than $65,000 went missing from a Missouri court under a former clerk’s watch. Carl Junction City officials asked for an audit of their finances, after a judge noticed discrepancies in a case file that the former clerk couldn’t explain. Auditor Nicole Galloway says files appeared to be…
ROLLA, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri University of Science and Technology student pleaded not guilty in the shooting death of her fiancé. Meghan Werner is charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action the death of Curt Marzolf. The Rolla Daily News reports court records indicate Werner was seen staggering on a downtown Rolla street…
( KTRS ) Three former employees of a U.S. Postal Service distribution center have pleaded guilty to several charges involving a conspiracy to steal mail. Prosecutors say Sean West, Korey Howard and Quentin Cook, who worked at the Hazelwood center, sent mail to themselves and fellow postal employee Edward Lewis, that included clothing, marijuana, and…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis has a new initiative for combating crime. On Tuesday Alderman Antonio French and Mayor Francis Slay reached an agreement on a new city crime plan. The initiative outlines four points: 1.) Identifies 15 Focus Neighborhoods: Three in south St. Louis and twelve in north St. Louis 2.) Commits resources…
Webster Groves, MO (KTRS) – Another city is challenging a police standards measure that recently was approved by the St. Louis County Council. Webster Groves joined the effort Tuesday night. At issue is a measure requiring officers in all 57 St. Louis County police departments to meet certain minimum standard requirements. The measure is already…
WATERLOO, Ill. (AP) – Authorities are investigating the death of a St. Louis man who was found unconscious in a jail cell in Illinois. The 39-year-old man was found in a Monroe County Jail cell around 9:30 a.m. Monday. He was transported to a St. Louis County hospital, where he died. Monroe County authorities hadn’t…
CHICAGO (AP) – Aldermen have pressed top Chicago authorities about the 2014 police shooting of Laquan McDonald ahead of a meeting with U.S. Department of Justice officials. A hearing of the human relations and public safety committees stretched into late Tuesday. It was called amid fallout of the release of a video showing white officer…
( KTRS ) Missouri’s unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest point since 2006. The state Department of Economic Development reports that Missouri’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.7 percent in November. That’s down from October and is the lowest mark since April 2006. Missouri’s seasonally adjusted employment rose by 2,200 jobs from October to November.…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – New data from the U.S. Department of Education show that 86 percent of Illinois students graduate from high school. That’s the 20th-highest graduation rate in the country. The department said Tuesday that the 82.3 percent national graduation rate for the 2013-14 school year was the highest recorded since it started using…
