COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – An attorney for media outlets including The Associated Press argues that Monday’s competency hearing for convicted Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof should be open. Attorney Jay Bender filed an objection Friday to federal Judge Richard Gergel’s proposal to close the hearing, arguing there’s no compelling reason to exclude the public. Bender…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A St. Louis federal judge says she wants to hear arguments over a lawsuit’s challenge of a new law limiting campaign contributions before deciding whether to put a temporary hold on such caps. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/2hzODPq ) reports U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry held a hearing Thursday in St.…
Chris Pronger will take over the Blues Alumni Twitter account to spread the word for #LoveForLuca. He joined Martin ahead of his take over to talk about what they were doing and #LoveForLuca.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Republican Missouri lawmaker says he has a solution to end tense debates over same-sex marriage. Rep. T.J. Berry wants to take government out of marriage and leave it to houses of worship by classifying such legal partnerships as domestic unions. His bill, pre-filed ahead of the 2017 legislative session,…
The Missouri Attorney General’s Office will handle the murder retrial of Reginald Clemons. A circuit judge made that ruling on Thursday, just one day after St. Louis Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce argued for the state to take over the case. Clemons was one of four men convicted in the 1991 murders of sisters Robin and…
LEBANON, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Department of Conservation says a beetle that is fatal to ash trees has spread to southwest Missouri. The department says the emerald ash borer was recently found in Laclede County. It is the first time the insect was found in southwest Missouri. It has now been found in 31…
