A medical marijuana industry trade group says more than 90,000 people have received approval to use medical marijuana in Missouri, and weekly sales have topped the $2 million mark.
Continue Reading
Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURG, Pennsylvania (WTAE) — Pennsylvania State Police said 17 violation notices and 31 warnings were issued as a result of COVID-19 compliance checks at licensed liquor establishments this weekend. In the Pittsburgh area, there were two violations and five warnings, according to statistics released by police. Compliance checks
Continue Reading Three months after Midwestern Pet Foods recalled some of its products because of a risk of aflatoxin poisoning, the company is pulling dozens more of its pet foods off the shelves. The concern this time is salmonella. Midwestern Pet Foods has issued a voluntary recall of certain dog and cat food brands manufactured at the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry is no stranger to the camera. The “Splash Brother” has done it all on the basketball court. His success on the court and his easy-going personality make him an obvious fit to partner with numerous companies and endorsements.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — A man is in the hospital after he was stabbed in the neck on the Near North Side Sunday. The 52-year-old victim was walking down the street in the 700-block of North Michigan Avenue when he was approached by someone asking him for his spare
Continue Reading
Former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd’s head and neck for 4 minutes and 45 seconds as Floyd cried out for help, stayed on his neck as Floyd flailed and had seizures for 53 seconds, and then remained on a non-responsive Floyd for another 3 minutes and 51 seconds, prosecutors said during
Continue Reading
Phase 2 of Missouri’s coronavirus vaccine plan opened up on Monday making nearly 900,000 state residents eligible to receive a coronavirus vaccine.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — The FBI is offering up to $50,000 for information leading to the arrest, prosecution and conviction of those responsible for the 1998 murder of Rhonda Tribue. Tribue, who may of also been known by her maiden name Easley, was a mother of six
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story WOODBURN, Oregon (KPTV) — Three teenagers escaped from the MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility in Woodburn Sunday, and warrants have been issued for their arrest, according to the Oregon Youth Authority. Authorities say the teens who lived in the same unit assaulted a staff member, stole their keys and
Continue Reading Here’s a look at the Arab League, an organization of 22 Middle Eastern and African countries and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Facts Ahmed Aboul Gheit of Egypt is the current secretary-general of the Arab League. There are also four observer states: Eritrea, India, Brazil and Venezuela. The Arab League’s purpose, from the Pact of
Continue Reading George Floyd’s family, attorneys and supporters knelt for 8 minutes and 46 seconds on Monday to mark the final moments of Floyd’s life ahead of opening arguments in the trial of the former Minneapolis police officer charged in his death. The group’s gesture came after attorney Ben Crump, Rev. Al Sharpton and Floyd’s relatives delivered
Continue Reading
A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. From a media perspective, the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin will be the biggest trial of the streaming TV age. Opening arguments will get underway around 10 a.m. Eastern on Monday. People
Continue Reading
The police officer who shot a man to death while responding to multiple shooting incidents in Virginia Beach, Virginia, late Friday night did not have his body camera turned on. “The officer was wearing a bodycam, but for unknown reasons at this point in time, it was not activated,” Virginia Beach Police Chief Paul Neudigate
Continue Reading
Starting on Thursday, Boone Hospital Center will independent and leave the BJC HealthCare network.
Continue Reading
Two students died after an Iowa State University crew club boat capsized with five students aboard during practice Sunday morning, according to the university. The body of one student was recovered from Little Wall Lake on Monday morning by a dive team and the other body was recovered Sunday, a news release from the university
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ZEBULON, North Carolina (WRAL) — A Cary man is charged with an assault with a deadly weapon after a shooting on E. North St. Zebulon. Police said one person was shot after 6 p.m. Sunday and was being treated for non-life-threatening injuries. A family pet was also shot
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOLINE, Illinois (WQAD) — Heather Perez says her friendship with Jennifer Keim stretches back nearly two decades – back to when the girls were 16 years old. “We met through mutual friends and we instantly became family,” Perez remembers. Her children call Keim their aunt, and Perez says
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story SAGINAW, Michigan (WNEM) — A stranded cat is safe and dry after being rescued from a wooded island in the Saginaw River. Elyssa Weber was scrolling on Facebook last week when she saw a post about a cat stranded in the Saginaw River. “Instantly my heart just thumped
Continue Reading
A teenage girl in Texas has been abducted by a registered sex offender and is in “extreme danger,” the local sheriff’s office says. Lexus Gray, 14, was allegedly kidnapped by her non-custodial father, 40-year old Justin Gray, on Wednesday after authorities say he assaulted and chased her mom with a knife, the Rains County Sheriff
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT) — At first, it was unclear who bought the billboard along West Broadway in Council Bluffs when it went up in November. It read: “Thank you, law enforcement. Paid for by your law-abiding citizens.” Then, somebody bought a second billboard with the same message in
Continue Reading