Authorities are trying to identify human remains found in a rural area of Washington County. KTVI-TV reported yesterday that the skeletal remains appeared to have been the area for a long time, possibly years. The remains were found over the weekend in the Potosi area. Sheriff Zach Jacobsen said the remains were sent to a […]
An open records dispute over whether the state can charge fees for the time officials spend redacting documents is headed to an appellate court. At issue is a lawsuit filed by St. Louis attorney Elad Gross against Gov. Mike Parson’s administration. The lawsuit challenges a $3,618 bill he received last year to process an open […]
Government funding for Planned Parenthood is at stake in a lawsuit before the Missouri Supreme Court. Today state attorneys will ask Supreme Court judges to back the Republican-led Legislature’s decision to block funding from going to Planned Parenthood clinics. A lower court previously ruled that the move was unconstitutional. Planned Parenthood argues that some of […]
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt says his office will not defend the state in a lawsuit contending the Missouri House violated the state’s open records law. Schmitt declined to explain his decision concerning a lawsuit over an internal rule the House passed earlier this year that allows certain exemptions to the Sunshine Law for lawmakers. […]
Concerns are being raised about a rural Missouri county jail where inmates say they are denied basic necessities like soap, shampoo and even feminine hygiene products. Inmates entering the Scott County Jail in Benton are supposed to get a bag filled with deodorant, shampoo, toothbrush, toothpaste, two bars of soap and a comb. The St. […]
A 2-year-old girl is hospitalized after a shooting in suburban St. Louis. Few details were released following the shooting that happened yesterday afternoon in the town of Glasgow Village. The child is hospitalized. Her condition is not immediately known but Riverview Fire Chief Keith Goldstein says that the shooting is “very serious.” Officers blocked off […]
Authorities are investigating the death of a 1-year-old boy in suburban St. Louis as suspicious. St. Louis County police said that officers from Berkeley responded to a report of an unresponsive child yesterday. The child was taken to a hospital where he died. Police in Berkeley asked St. Louis County police to investigate. No details […]
Missouri conservation officials are seeking your help to identify whoever shot and killed a female adult elk on Monday and left it to rot. The Missouri Department of Conservation said yesterday the elk was discovered Monday on National Park Service land in Carter County. No meat or other parts of the animal were taken. The […]