KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions has appointed an interim U.S. attorney for the Western District of Missouri. Sessions announced Timothy Garrison’s appointment in a news release Wednesday. His appointment is effective Friday. Garrison has been an assistant U.S. attorney in the district’s Springfield office since 2007. Before becoming a federal prosecutor,…
By ERIC TUCKER and CHAD DAY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman sued special counsel Robert Mueller and the Justice Department on Wednesday, saying prosecutors had overstepped their bounds by charging him for conduct that he says is unrelated to Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. The lawsuit by Paul…
WASHINGTON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man on parole is accused of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl in a motel room and forcing her to eat methamphetamine and smoke marijuana. Franklin County prosecutors on Tuesday charged 48-year-old Brett Pendleton of Union with sodomy and endangering the welfare of a child. He is jailed on $250,000…
By RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A brutal winter storm smacked the coastal Southeast with a rare blast of snow and ice Wednesday, hitting parts of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina with their heaviest snowfall in nearly three decades. Forecasters warned that the same system could soon strengthen into a “bomb cyclone” as…
By RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Brutal winter weather that’s brought subzero temperatures to parts of the U.S. is threatening to dump snow and ice across parts of the South that rarely see flurries, much less accumulation. The National Weather Service said a wintry mix of snow and freezing rain was expected Wednesday…
Topeka, KS (KTRS) Former St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson is seeking to lead another police department in the Midwest. Dotson is among three finalists being considered for the next police chief with the Topeka Police Department. The two other finalists are Topeka Police Interim Chief Bill Cochran and Yakima, Washington, Police Chief Dominic Rizzi, Jr.…