State briefs 6/10/04

Five of the Otten sextuplets now home

CREVE COEUR, Mo. -- All but one of the Otten sextuplets born in April have been taken home to Illinois, where their mother says adapting to all the newborns has gone "pretty well." One of the babies -- Jacob, at 5 pounds and 15 ounces -- remains at St. John's Mercy Medical Center in this St. Louis suburb, the hospital said in a statement Wednesday. Two of his siblings, Madison and Tyler, were released June 2, while babies Isabella, Joshua and Rileigh gradually have gone home to nearby Granite City, Ill., as they were able to take a bottle, the hospital said.

-- From wire reports