MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A law enforcement official says investigators are looking into whether Prince died from an overdose and whether a doctor was prescribing him drugs in the weeks before he was found dead. The official told The Associated Press on Thursday that among the things investigators are looking at is whether a doctor was…
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) – Law enforcement officials say a body was found in a condemned house that burned in southwestern Illinois. The Belleville News-Democrat reports that investigators were trying to determine the identity of the body. Firefighters say it appears to be an adult male but it was significantly burned. Deputy fire Chief Bud Jacobs…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – A federal judge has ordered former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock to provide some records to prosecutors as part of a grand jury probe into the Illinois Republican’s spending. U.S. District Judge Sue Myerscough’s ruling, issued Feb. 12, was unsealed Wednesday. Among the 16 records Schock must turn over are documents related…
ST. CLAIR, Mo. (AP) – A fire in eastern Missouri is under investigation after a body was found inside a burned home. The Washington Missourian (http://bit.ly/1nRQlv5 ) reports that the fire was reported late Wednesday near St. Clair in Franklin County. Firefighters found the body inside the residence. The victim’s name has not been released.…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A retrial has been set for a man whose murder conviction and death sentence were overturned in the 1991 St. Louis killings of two sisters thrown from an abandoned Mississippi River bridge. A judge on Wednesday tentatively scheduled jury selection in Reginald Clemons’ trial to begin July 18. Prosecutors say 20-year-old…
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…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) An investigation is underway after a suspect died while in St. Louis police custody. Police say the 27-year-old man was arrested in south St. Louis Tuesday for trespassing. He was taken to a holding cell at central patrol where police say he attempted to hang himself with his sweatpants. Police Chief…
MARION, Ill. (AP) – The body of a missing 22-year-old Murphysboro woman has been found by hunters in a southern Illinois national wildlife refuge. The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office says that Jeannie Schuur’s body was found Thursday on land in the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge. Family members reported her missing on Monday after she…
Fox Lake, IL (KTRS) Prosecutors in northern Illinois are contacting attorneys whose clients pleaded guilty or were convicted in cases involving a police officer who authorities say committed suicide after years of embezzling from a police-sponsored youth program. The Lake County State’s Attorney Michael Nerheim says there are over a dozen prosecutions since 2008 involving…
