Don’t Miss This: An infamous metro-east murderer could soon get a big check

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▪ A woman who is in prison for murdering her two infant daughters could inherit her surviving son’s estate after he died in a car crash.

Paula Sims, of Brighton, claimed in 1986 and 1989 that her infant daughers were abducted by a masked gunman. She was later convicted of murdering them.

An insurance company has asked a judge to decide who gets a $50,000 benefit after the son and his father died in a crash.

▪ ”I used to get up and go.” A Fairview Heights woman who lost three limbs in a car crash is hoping to get prosthetic replacements so she can take care of her daughter.

After more than $1.4 million in medical costs were racked up saving the life of Arriel Rodgers after she was ejected in a car crash after the driver fell asleep, her family hopes to collect donations to pay for artificial limbs. Click here to read the story and find out how to help.

▪ It was once a segregated school. But now the former Lincoln School for black students has been converted into a humanities center.

A former student there who used to play for the Harlem Globetrotters, Mannie Jackson, bought the building for $600,000 and donated it to Lewis & Clark Community College.

This story was originally published December 7, 2015 at 7:28 AM with the headline "Don’t Miss This: An infamous metro-east murderer could soon get a big check."