( KTRS ) Homicide detectives are investigating another fatal shooting. Fox 2 news reports that Police were called to North St. Louis around 6 pm for a shooting on Pendleton Ave, near Evans. Authorities say one man was shot killed. An investigation is ongoing. This brings the unofficial homicide number, for the city of St. Louis,…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) – A former employee with the Missouri Department of Social Services has pleaded guilty to a fraud charge in connection to the misuse of over $52,000 in food-stamp benefits. The Southeast Missourian (http://bit.ly/1Rz1wjX ) reported Thursday that Pamela O’Dell pleaded guilty to mail fraud. Court documents say O’Dell was employed as…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – The St. Louis County police board has voted to reinstate a lieutenant at the center of racial profiling allegations three years ago and demote him to patrolman. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1WJ8VBA ) reports that the board voted 4-0 to reinstate Lt. Patrick “Rick” Hayes in a closed session Monday. Former…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A former Missouri lawmaker who is the father U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt and grandfather of former Gov. Matt Blunt has died. Roy Blunt said his father Leroy Blunt died Monday at the Marshfield Care Center in southwestern Missouri. His son says he died at age 94 from the effects of…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Missouri coach Barry Odom announced Tuesday that two football players are leaving the program. Running back Chase Abbington and offensive tackle Malik Cuellar, both juniors, notified Odom this week of their intentions to end their football careers. “Chase visited with me a couple days ago and he’s decided to quit football,”…
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) – Police in Illinois and Missouri have identified the woman whose dismembered body was found at an Interstate 70 rest stop more than a decade ago. The Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis on Tuesday identified the victim as Deanna D. Howland of Alton, Illinois. A highway maintenance worker found Howland’s…
(KTRS/AP) Illinois homeless shelters struggling to get by without state aid during the budget stalemate could get a much-needed financial boost thanks to specialty scratch-off lottery ticket sales. A measure pending in the Illinois Legislature would create a new $3 scratch ticket and designate all the proceeds for grants to help homeless shelters. The proposal…
BRIDGETON, Mo. (AP) – The U.S. Department of Labor is holding a two-day outreach event later this month in Bridgeton for former nuclear weapons workers, families and survivors. Department representatives will staff the event slated for March 29 and 30 at the International Union of Operating Engineers Hall in Bridgeton, which is part of the…
( KTRS ) Authorities are investigating skeletal remains found in the backyard of a home in the Greater Ville neighborhood. Schron Jackson, a spokeswoman for the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, said the remains were found hidden beneath a carpet Tuesday afternoon. Police say the remains are that of a man, but at this time…
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) – A growing number of states are weighing whether to legalize marijuana to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. But for many veterans, the debate is already over. They’re increasingly using cannabis even though it remains illegal in most states and is unapproved by the Department of Veterans Affairs because major studies have yet…