Jury selection started Friday in the murder-for-hire trial of Drew Peterson, the former suburban Chicago police officer accused of plotting to kill the prosecutor who put him behind bars in his third wife's death.
Read More »US spy agency selects St. Louis location over Illinois
A U.S. spy agency seeking a new $1.6 billion home for its western regional headquarters expects to remain in St. Louis rather than move to the city’s Illinois suburbs. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, which has called St. Louis home for ...
Read More »Judges cite court drug scandal for disputed campaign tactic
A move by several southern Illinois judges to avoid a November election in which they would require more votes than most other candidates is drawing attention due to skyrocketing campaign costs and the undue influence that money might have. The ...
Read More »Ferguson City Council votes to accept DOJ reform deal
The Ferguson City Council has unanimously agreed to accept a U.S. Justice Department plan to overhaul its embattled police force and municipal court system after a brief attempt to revise the deal led to a federal lawsuit. Elected leaders in ...
Read More »Missouri jury awards $72M in Johnson & Johnson cancer suit
A Missouri jury has awarded $72 million to the family of an Alabama woman who died from ovarian cancer, which she said was caused by using Johnson & Johnson’s well-known baby powder and other products containing talcum. The civil suit ...
Read More »Missouri jury awards $72M in Johnson & Johnson cancer suit
A Missouri jury has awarded $72 million to the family of an Alabama woman who died from ovarian cancer, which she said was caused by using Johnson & Johnson’s well-known baby powder and other products containing talcum. The civil suit ...
Read More »Missouri woman asks court for custody of frozen embryos
A St. Louis woman has appealed a court ruling that denies her custody of frozen embryos she created with her ex-husband, in a case that national anti-abortion groups seek to link to a similar one involving Hollywood actress Sofia Vergara. ...
Read More »Illinois Supreme Court again rejects $10B cigarette verdict
A divided Illinois Supreme Court has again rejected a $10.1 billion class-action judgment against Philip Morris over its past efforts to market “low-tar” and “light” cigarettes as healthier alternatives. The 4-2 ruling, released Wednesday, vacates a 2014 decision by the ...
Read More »7 die from Legionnaires’ disease at Illinois veterans home
The death toll from a Legionnaires' disease outbreak at a western Illinois veterans home has climbed to seven, and the state's public health director has warned that more fatalities could occur.
Read More »Armed militia group’s return to Ferguson raises concern
The return of an armed militia group patrolling the streets of Ferguson drew criticism Tuesday from both protesters and the county police chief overseeing security amid ongoing demonstrations marking the anniversary of 18-year-old Michael Brown’s shooting death. St. Louis County ...
Read More »No FBI cold-case inquiry for missing civil rights pioneer
Descendants of a man who vanished after winning a historic legal fight to become the first black student at the University of Missouri’s law school had hoped an FBI cold-case initiative focusing on possible racially motivated deaths from the civil ...
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