The state of Illinois has cited the assisted living facility Aspen Creek of Troy, Ill., and fined it $4,000 after a resident with dementia wandered outside into below-freezing temperatures and died last month.
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner spoke publicly for the first time since a chorus of allies and adversaries began calling for her resignation.
Gardner, in a statement issued late Wednesday, said her office made requests to a judge to keep Riley in jail or strengthen the terms of his bond, but that the judge denied or ignored the requests. Just last month, the…
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner will hold a news conference Thursday amid mounting calls for her resignation and a threat by the state attorney general to launch proceedings to remove her from office.
Janae Edmondson, 17, of Tennessee remains in critical condition but is communicating with family members. They are asking for a "strong wave of prayers."
By day's end, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that Gardner had until noon Thursday to resign. "If she refuses, she will face immediate removal proceedings," Bailey said in a tweet, citing a provision in state law that can allow…