Two Vehicles Sought In Connection With Triple Fatal Shooting In Pine Lawn
Pine Lawn, MO (KTRS) The Major Case Squad is looking for two vehicles in connection with the triple fatal shooting in Pine Lawn. The victims who have been identified as 29 year-old Andrew Green, 29 year-old Calvin Walker, and 23 year-old Marquise Cooper were gunned down 4500 block of Rosewood Wednesday morning. The vehicles being…
Shooting now classed as homicide after victim does form injuries
( KTRS) A man has died from his injuries after being shot last week during a fight with a friend. Police are now reporting that 20 yr Jarvis Jenkins died Monday, he was shot April 18th in 2100 block of East Adelaide. Police say that Jenkins and another man got into argument, then a fight,…
Missouri proposes new protections for domestic abuse victims
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri lawmakers are pushing legislation that would make it harder for judges to require domestic violence victims to disclose confidential addresses. House and Senate leadership announced Wednesday that they would push an amendment to allow the secretary of state to intervene if a court wanted to require a person protected…
Major Case Squad investigating triple homicide in Pine Lawn
( KTRS ) The Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis is investigating a triple homicide in Pine Lawn. The shooting happened shortly after 10 a.m. yesterday in the 4500 block of Rosewood. Three male victims were found dead at the scene by arriving officers. The victims have been identified as 29 yr old Andrew…
House would require cursive writing in Illinois schools
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Don’t toss the grammar-school composition paper yet. The Illinois House approved legislation 67-48 Wednesday requiring elementary and high schools to teach cursive writing. The sponsor is Chicago Democratic Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch. He says it’s important that tech-savvy children to retain cursive writing to read historical documents, write personal notes and…
Missouri House OKs payouts for extra expenses
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri representatives have approved that the state pay an extra $241 million in unexpected expenses for this fiscal year. House members voted 143-7 in favor of the supplemental budget Wednesday. It soon will go to the governor’s desk. Most of the money comes from federal funds, and most of it…
St. Louis City Minimum Wage Set to Increase
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) The city of St. Louis’s minimum wage could rise to $10 an hour starting next week and to $11 next year, now that the state’s highest court won’t reconsider its ruling upholding it. The Missouri Supreme Court in February rejected claims by business groups that setting a wage higher than the state’s $7.65 one…