JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers are considering a bill that would increase penalties for protesters who block highways. A Missouri Senate committee heard the bill sponsored by Republican Sen. Jeanie Riddle this week, the Columbia Missourian reported. The proposed legislation would make it a Class A misdemeanor on first offense if a person…
By KEVIN FREKING and MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans rode the tea party wave to power eight years ago on a message of fiscal responsibility and attacking budget deficits, and kept at it during President Barack Obama’s two terms. That was then. The Republican-led Congress on Thursday was rounding up support for a…
TROY, MO (KTRS) Investigators say the pilot of a small plane has escaped with only an arm injury after a crash near Troy in Lincoln County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the plane went down Thursday afternoon in a wooded area about seven miles southwest of Troy in Lincoln County. The pilot was the…
Macoupin County, IL (KTRS) There’s new information in the case of a missing Macoupin County woman. The Major Case Squad reports that after interviews with family, friends, and acquaintances, Denita Hedden is believed to have gone to a St. Louis casino on January 25th and returned to the Royal Lakes area around 11 p.m. Police conducted…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis Police need the public’s help in finding a missing teen. Police say 13-year-old Khandi Shakespeare was last seen on February 3rd when she told her mother that she was going to stay with her father in Hazelwood. Her mother learned on February 5th that Khandi never arrived at her father’s…