Two more men have been charged in the fatal shooting of a Central West End woman. 17 yr old Jermaine Stabler of St. Louis and 20 yr old and Ronald Harris of O’Fallon, Mo., were charged Tuesday with second-degree murder, armed criminal action and drug distribution charges. The suspected shooter, 18-year-old Xavier Perkins of O’Fallon,…
( KTRS ) Authorities are investigating a fatal shooting in Spanish Lake. The shooting happened Tuesday evening in the 1500 block of Bavona. Police say the victim was a 26-year-old male who was shot at least two times in an apartment complex parking lot. He was pronounced dead at the scene. No further details have…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A judge has granted a six-month extension for the new trial for Reginald Clemons, who has spent more than 20 years on death row in the deaths of two sisters who were pushed from an abandoned Mississippi River bridge in St. Louis. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that St. Louis Circuit…
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate is set to take a closer look at a proposed $66 billion merger of American seed and weed-killer company Monsanto and German medicine and farm chemical maker Bayer. The deal combines two of the six U.S. and European companies that dominate the agrochemical market, and would create a global agricultural…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner says work continues to “root out” improper patronage hiring in state government. The Republican told reporters Monday that he wants to expand the staff of the executive inspector general but the lack of a state budget has slowed that effort. Rauner trumpeted the dismissal of 29 remaining “staff…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri initiative to re-instate campaign contribution limits has cleared its final legal hurdle to appear on the November ballot. The state Supreme Court on Monday turned down a request to hear a challenge of the proposed constitutional amendment. The proposal known as Constitutional Amendment 2 would limit contributions to candidates…
( KTRS ) Police say a suspected carjacker was fatally shot by the person he tried to rob. Investigators say the 52-year-old owner of the vehicle told police that when an armed man approached him and demanded his vehicle, he feared for his safety and fired his gun. The suspect then fled, but investigators say…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Supporters of a proposal to allow medical marijuana in Missouri say thousands of signed petitions to get the measure on the ballot were wrongly tossed out. A lawyer for the group New Approach Missouri told a circuit judge Monday that enough registered voters signed a petition to get the measure…
ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) – Investigators are examining a suspicious device found in a trash can near a New Jersey train station, and service on the busy Northeast Corridor line has been suspended. Elizabeth Mayor Christian Bollwage says two men called police and reported seeing wires and a pipe coming out of the package after finding…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois schools are now required to limit long-term suspensions and expulsions under a new law that also eliminates the use of zero-tolerance policies used to severely punish students for certain offenses. The law that took effect last week is designed to reduce the number of days students are pulled from classrooms…