By AMY TAXIN , Associated Press RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A California couple who shackled some of their 13 children to beds and starved them pleaded guilty Friday to torture and other abuse in a case dubbed a “house of horrors.” David and Louise Turpin pleaded guilty Friday in Riverside County Superior Court to 14…
Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) Former Governor Eric Greitens has been subpoenaed to give a deposition in a Sunshine Law case. The subpoena was at the request of Elad Gross, who is seeking a run for Missouri Attorney General in 2020. He filed the lawsuit against the Governor Mike Parson’s Office in October. The newest subpoena in…
BAGHDAD (AP) — Islamic State fighters facing defeat in Syria are slipping across the border into Iraq, where they are destabilizing the country’s fragile security, U.S. and Iraqi officials say. Hundreds — likely more than 1,000 — IS fighters have crossed the open, desert border in the past six months, defying a massive operation by…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Bi-State Development is welcoming a new member to its Board of Commissioners. The agency announced yesterday that Herbert Simmons has been appointed to its Board. Simmons, Director of the St. Clair County Emergency Management Agency, replaces Jeffrey Watson whose board term had expired. In his role as Director of St. Clair…
Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) President Donald Trump says he has appointed Missouri Governor Mike Parson to the Council of Governors. The panel of U.S. governors advises the U.S. Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the White House Homeland Security Council on issues related to the National Guard and national defense, U.S. homeland security,…