( KTRS ) Police are investigating a drive-by shooting in Jennings. Authorities report that the shooting took place in the 7100 block of Florence Place around 5:20 Thursday evening. One male victim was shot in the leg and was taken to hospital for a non-life threatening injury. The St. Louis County Police Department’s Bureau of…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A class-action lawsuit has been filed against the Missouri Department of Corrections alleging inmates did not receive proper hepatitis C treatment. The ACLU and the Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center in St. Louis filed the federal lawsuit for the inmates Thursday. Inmates in the lawsuit claim they didn’t receive…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Republican Gov.-elect Eric Greitens is picking Kansas City attorney Lucinda Luetkemeyer to be his general counsel. Greitens’ transition team leader Austin Chambers told The Associated Press on Thursday that Luetkemeyer also is serving as the transition team’s general counsel. Luetkemeyer works at the Kansas City law firm of Graves…
( KTRS ) A Florissant man has been charged in connection with the death of his wife. The Florissant police department reports that officers were called to a home in Apache Court around 7 am Thursday morning. 41 yr old Peter Chafin told the police dispatcher that he had killed his wife 22 yr old…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration says nearly 13,000 prison staff in Illinois received training for dealing with mentally ill inmates in the past year. The governor’s office says the Corrections Department partnered with the National Alliance on Mental Illness to provide two-day training to help staff better understand conditions like schizophrenia and…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – An association that lobbies for restricting liability lawsuits to help business says St. Louis has the nation’s worst judicial climate. An American Tort Reform Association report released Wednesday said St. Louis is a magnet for product liability and consumer class-action lawsuits. California is second on the list. The group listed…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A federal judge has approved a $4.7 million lawsuit settlement for nearly 2,000 people who were illegally jailed in a St. Louis suburb. The town of Jennings agreed in July to pay $4.7 million to settle the lawsuit on behalf of people who were jailed over a five-year period for failing…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Attorney General Lisa Madigan is encouraging Illinoisans to research what charities they donate to this holiday season. Madigan says it’s important to find out about an organization before donations are made “to ensure your contribution will be used to further the charitable mission you want to support.” Under state law charitable…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Boeing Co. will move the headquarters for its defense unit from St. Louis to the Washington, D.C., area. The move announced Tuesday by Chicago-based Boeing affects about a dozen top executives and some support staff. It will not impact the day-to-day operations for defense workers in St. Louis. A Boeing spokesman…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Transportation officials in Illinois are testing drones for bridge inspections and other potential uses. The Illinois Department of Transportation said in a news release Tuesday it has purchased two drones. The department is exploring how drones might improve mapping or document progress in work zones. Transportation officials say live-streaming video from…