By JUAN A. LOZANO, Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Large-scale projects long considered essential to easing Houston’s flooding woes went to the top of the area’s to-do list after Hurricane Harvey inundated large swaths of the nation’s fourth-largest city. Seven months later, local officials are still looking for funding to undertake plans that include a new…
By BLAKE NELSON and SUMMER BALLENTINE, Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers are returning to the capitol Monday for the second half of the 2018 legislative session in the shadow of legislative and criminal investigations into Republican Gov. Eric Greitens. Republican leaders, who control both chambers, downplayed the impact of the governor’s legal…
TREBES, France (AP) — France is mourning the death of a courageous police officer who offered himself up to an Islamic extremist gunman in exchange for a hostage during an attack on a supermarket. Lt. Col. Arnaud Beltrame, a 44-year-old gendarme, died from his injuries after the attacker shot him. Flags are at half-staff at…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — An attorney for Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens says the latest court filing by the St. Louis prosecutor shows a “certain level of desperation.” In a court filing Friday, Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner asked a judge to disqualify the Dowd Bennett law firm from Greitens’ criminal case, saying it simultaneously worked…
By: Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — It had been a year and two days since Patrik Berglund turned in a multi-goal game for the St. Louis Blues. He delivered again Friday night when his team needed it. Berglund scored twice and the surging Blues beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-1 for their fourth consecutive victory.…