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Why Missouri’s 8-month backlog for mental health services in jails is ‘good news’ for officials trying to fix it

2 years ago
More than 250 people are languishing in Missouri jails as they await mental health treatment. That's an improvement from this summer, when the wait was 11 months. Missouri Independent reporter Clara Bates discusses the state's long struggle to treat people who have entered the criminal justice system. She also provides an update on Missouri’s Medicaid program, and why 40,000 kids have been removed from the program this summer.

On-Strike KDHX DJs Ask Others Not to Take Their Slots as Turmoil Continues

2 years ago
Tumult has reigned in the two weeks following St. Louis community radio station KDHX's dismissal of 10 long-serving volunteer DJs. And there was no Friday exception made today. The mid-afternoon saw dueling press releases from KDHX management and the group of KDHX associate members seeking collective bargaining power.
Jessica Rogen

A Reagan Judge, The First Amendment, And The Eternal War Against Pornography

2 years ago
Using “Protect the children!” as their rallying cry, red states are enacting digital pornography restrictions. Texas’s effort, H.B. 1181, requires commercial pornographic websites—and others, as we’ll see shortly—to verify that their users are adults, and to display state-drafted warnings about pornography’s alleged health dangers. In late August, a federal district judge blocked the law from […]
Mike Masnick

Pi Pizzeria robbery suspect arrested days later

2 years ago
ST. LOUIS -- Police have arrested a man wanted for a frightening robbery of Pi Pizzeria on Monday. Kamron Walker, 29, faces robbery charges. He is being held by police with no bond allowed. A Pi Pizzeria employee was surprised while counting the cash from that evening's sales. An armed man wearing all black and [...]
Joe Millitzer

ISP Squad Car Struck By Fleeing Stolen Vehicle

2 years ago
CHICAGO – On October 5, 2023, at approximately 10:02 p.m., Illinois State Police (ISP) officials investigated a two-vehicle traffic crash involving an ISP officer’s squad car that was hit by a motorist who failed to move over on Interstate 94 southbound at King Drive in Cook County. On the above date and time, an ISP Troop 3 trooper was attempting to make a traffic stop on a stolen black Dodge Charger. The Charger recklessly fled onto the right shoulder and struck the rear of a different ISP officer’s squad car that was stationary with emergency lights activated while on a separate traffic stop. As a result of the crash, the Charger then overturned and three occupants fled on foot, none of which were apprehended. The officer was inside of the squad car at the time of the crash, but refused medical attention. So far this year, ISP has had 16 Move Over Law-related crashes. In 2022, ISP had 23 Move Over Law-related crashes where eight Troopers sustained injuries.

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