HILLSBORO, Mo. (AP) – A St. Louis-area man is to be sentenced next month now that he has admitted in court that he sexually molested a woman who authorities say he helped get home after she became intoxicated at a party. Twenty-two-year-old Floyd Duncan Jr. of Imperial pleaded guilty Monday in Jefferson County to second-degree…
Patrick McKenna will be coming to Missouri as a funding shortfall is resulting in a backlog of needed repairs to aging bridges and roads
CHESTERFIELD, Mo. (AP) – The city council in the St. Louis suburb of Chesterfield has voted unanimously to censure the mayor for what it calls inappropriate and abusive language in conversations with city officials. Some members of the council praised Mayor Bob Nation Wednesday night for his fiscal leadership, but still voted for the censure,…
St. Louis, MO  (KTRS)  St. Louis isn’t making the grade when it comes to premature birth rates. The 8th annual March of Dimes Premature Birth Report Card was released Thursday.  St. Louis was given an “F” for its premature birth rate of 12.5 percent.  Among the nation’s top 100 cities with the most births, St. Louis…
Chesterfield, MO Â (KTRS) Â Chesterfield’s mayor is being scolded for his language. The Chesterfield City Council voted unanimously Wednesday night to censure Mayor Bob Nation for what it calls inappropriate and abusive language in conversations with city officials. Nation is accused of using “hostile and intimidating language” during private discussions with the town’s economic development director…
ALTON, Ill. (AP) – Contract negotiations in southwestern Illinois will resume with a federal mediator after a teachers union gave the Alton school district notice of a possible strike. The teachers’ union has twice rejected the Alton School District’s contract offer and voted last week to serve notice of a possible strike. The (Alton) Telegraph…
( KTRS ) The number of Illinois patients approved to use medical marijuana continues to climb as dispensaries get ready to sell the drug for the first time. The Illinois Department of Public Health says it has approved 3,300 patients to use medical marijuana in the state’s pilot program, including 20 children. The department began mailing…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A St. Louis man has been charged in a machete attack in the city’s Gravois Park neighborhood last month. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports (http://bit.ly/1HsG7Fo ) that a grand jury indicted Ryan S. Lawrence Tuesday on charges of first-degree assault and armed criminal action. Police say Lawrence slashed a 31-year-old woman…
