( KTRS ) A Mother has been accused of repeatedly poisoning her 9-year-old son for almost a year. Prosecutors in St. Louis County have charged 35-year-old Rachel Kinsella of Meadville with endangering the welfare of a child. Court documents allege investigators found that Kinsella surreptitiously was having her son treated at two hospitals, getting unspecified prescriptions…
TROY, Mo. (AP) — An eastern Missouri man once sentenced to life in prison for killing his wife is free after being found not guilty in a retrial. Russell Faria was found not guilty of first-degree murder, second-degree murder and armed criminal action Friday by Circuit Judge Steven Ohmer, of St. Louis, who heard the…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri football players announced on Twitter that they will not participate in team activities until the university president resigns, a move designed to join forces with a black graduate student who is holding a hunger strike. The statement from the athletes of color on the University of Missouri football team was…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — University of Missouri President Tim Wolfe met with a graduate student who is staging a hunger strike at the Columbia campus. Wolfe met with Jonathan Butler and representatives of several student organizations Friday to discuss racism and other problems currently disrupting the university’s Columbia campus. Wolfe called Butler an important voice…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Tensions between some GOP lawmakers and Missouri’s Democratic governor over spending limits have continued despite new legislative budget powers. Frustrations again came to a head this week when Republican House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Flanigan wrote to Governor Jay Nixon criticizing him for blocking about $46 million in spending. The…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Gov. Bruce Rauner has cut back on institutional care available to seniors. The Republican used an amendatory veto Friday to reduce the cost of the measure aimed at protecting people who get institutional or at-home care while officials develop a new way of measuring need. Chicago Democratic Rep. Greg Harris sponsored…
Officials predict there will be a dozen dispensaries by the end of the month and up to 25 by the end of the year
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – An online effort has been launched to try to raise enough money to put Christmas lights on the Illinois State Capitol dome this holiday season. The Springfield State Journal-Register reports that Illinois Policy Institute executive vice president Kristina Rasmussen launched the GoFundMe website on Thursday. Earlier this week Secretary of State…
As of Nov. 1, 179 drug offenders have been released in St. Louis and the surrounding area under the supervision of the U.S. Probation Office. Of the 179, 50 have been released into the community, while the remaining reside in halfway houses. Deputy Chief Probation Officer Scott Anders says they’ve had an orientation for the…
There are five announced Republican gubernatorial candidates for 2016 – Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, state Sen. Bob Dixon, former House Speaker Catherine Hanaway, businessman John Brunner and former Navy SEAL officer Eric Greitens