ST. LOUIS (AP) – Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander, who is also the Democratic nominee running for the U.S. Senate, is calling on the Missouri Legislature to pass a law allowing medical marijuana. Kander on Thursday came out in support of medical marijuana legislation in a statement through the secretary of state’s office, not…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois Supreme Court has overturned a law requiring six-member juries in civil trials. The court ruled 5-0 on Thursday that the law is unconstitutional. Chief Justice Rita Garman determined in the court’s opinion that the Illinois Constitution does not allow the Legislature to alter the size of civil juries from…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri state senator says a company that employs about 15,000 people in the St. Louis area should be disqualified from receiving tax credits or investments because it is doing business with Iran. St. Louis County Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt is pushing legislation to block Missouri tax funds from being invested…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A Kentucky woman afflicted by cystic fibrosis has died five days after losing her husband to the same genetic lung disease. Andrew Carpenter, the owner of Carpenter, Fritz & Vice Funeral Home in Flemingsburg, Kentucky, says 26-year-old Katie Prager died Thursday and that funeral arrangements are pending. Prager’s husband, 25-year-old Dalton Prager,…
( KTRS ) Drivers will once again be able to use Beaumont-Antire Road to access I-44. A MODOT official says construction and repairs finished early on the outer roadway, so it should be open Friday. The roadway closed August 15 and was scheduled to remain closed for 45 days. Weather permitting, MODOT will reopen the section…
( KTRS ) The search for a missing 13 yr old and her new born son continues. Last week 39 yr old Christopher Derleth, reportedly kidnapped his step-daughter, 13 yr old Katherine Elizabeth and her new born son. The three are believed to be in West Virginia. Authorities now say that Katherine has a pacemaker,…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A judge says a proposal to allow medical marijuana in Missouri won’t go to voters this year. Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green ruled Wednesday that the initiative petitions lacked enough valid signatures to qualify for the Nov. 8 ballot. Secretary of State Jason Kander previously said the measure fell…
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say more than two dozen guns, an inert rocket launcher and a handwritten letter threatening Congressional officials are among the items seized from a mentally ill Springfield man’s duplex. The Springfield News-Leader reports that recently unsealed court documents say the discovery was made earlier this month at the home of…
( KTRS ) Police have a man in custody that could be connected to a fatal shooting in Spanish Lake. 26 yr old Alphonse Williams was fatally shot Tuesday night in the 1500 block of Bavona. Authorities report that the suspect was taken into custody after police pursued a vehicle they believe was connected to…
HILLSBORO, Mo. (AP) – A Colorado girl with special needs will soon be reunited with her companion dog after the animal was found in eastern Missouri, more than 800 miles from the girl’s home and five years after the dog was stolen. KSDK-TV (http://on.ksdk.com/2cQdwEq ) reports that Missy the St. Bernard was picked up as…