ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri is collecting and investigating opioid prescription data through a statewide drug monitoring program to identify doctors and clinics that overprescribe painkillers. Gov. Eric Greitens signed an executive order in July to create the program targeting what he called “pill mills.” The state began collecting opioid prescription information last month, the…
By DAVID EGGERT and LARRY LAGE, Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State University’s athletic director retired Friday, two days after the university president resigned over the school’s handling of sexual abuse allegations against its disgraced former sports doctor, Larry Nassar. Mark Hollis, who had been in the job for 10 years, disclosed the…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill on Friday said she doesn’t take seriously a longshot Republican candidate for her seat who is facing criticism for his comments about women. McCaskill said after a campaign event at the University of Missouri in Columbia that she feels sorry for Courtland Sykes if he really…
By ROBERT RAY, BRUCE SCHREINER and CLAIRE GALOFARO, Associated Press BENTON, Ky. (AP) — The 15-year-old boy accused of gunning down classmates at a western Kentucky high school was ordered held on murder and assault charges as the shaken community where it happened strained to cope with the devastation. On Thursday, a juvenile court judge found…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Two teenagers are hospitalized after being gunned down in north St. Louis. Police say the a 16-year-old boy was shot in the head and a 14-year-old boy was shot in the leg in the 3200 block of Barrett around 9 p.m. Thursday. The sixteen-year-old is listed in critical, but stable condition. The…