by admin | Dec 21, 2007 | Crime / Courts
Michael Devlin has now been sentenced to 170 years in federal prison. Devlin heard his sentence handed down in federal court in St. Louis today. He had been convicted of child pornography and for transporting a minor across state lines for sex earlier. This is likely...
by admin | Nov 4, 2007 | Crime / Courts
A conference aimed at helping ex-prison inmates from returning to lives behind bars is being held this week at Lake of the Ozarks. More than 200 participants are expected to take part in what is billed as the Missouri Re-Entry Conference. Brian Hauswirth with the...
by admin | Sep 27, 2007 | Politics / Govt
Governor Blunt wants to see if cooperation between state government and faith-based agencies can be expanded. Missouri government has around 2,300 contracts with both faith and community based agencies. State government relies on them to provide services such as care...
by admin | Sep 11, 2007 | Crime / Courts
A state prison inmate serving a life term for killing his mother in St. Ann has died at a hospital in Town and Country. Prison officials are keeping the circumstances of his death a secret but the father of Vincent Greer says his son was found with a needle...
by admin | Sep 5, 2007 | Politics / Govt
Demolition is underway at the old Missouri State Penitentiary just east of the Capitol in Jefferson City, with much of the old prison making way for a new development. A huge mechanical crane is taking bites out of one of the brick buildings standing where a new $71...