JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Legislature has voted to tighten the standards for school districts’ anti-bullying policies. The House voted 124-27 Tuesday to set a timeline for school officials to investigate reports of bullying. The Senate passed the bill Monday on a 31-0 vote, and it now goes to the governor. The legislation requires…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A man convicted of killing a sheriff’s deputy and two other people in 2002 is scheduled to be put to death in what could be Missouri’s last execution for some time. Earl Forrest was convicted of killing Harriett Smith and Michael Wells in a drug dispute and Dent County Sheriff’s Deputy…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri senators have passed a bill to regulate daily fantasy sports. Senators passed the bill 20-10 Tuesday. It limits daily fantasy sports to those at least 18 years old and would give the state Gaming Commission oversight. The legislation also would require an annual operating fee of 11.5 percent of…
(KTRS) – An Amber Alert was issued in Missouri Monday after the possible sighting of a 9-year-old Tennessee girl and her alleged abductor in Otterville. Police say that Carlie Trent was taken out of school by her uncle, Gary Simpson. People are urged to be on the lookout for a white 2002 Dodge conversion van. It…
(KTRS) – Police arrested a St. Louis City alderman Monday on suspicion of domestic abuse. The Post-Dispatch reports that Alderman Chris Carter was arrested after a traffic stop in St. Louis County. The arrest stems from an incident on April 30. Carter’s wife says that during an argument the two shoved each other and then…
Kinder is running for governor and faces a GOP primary against suburban St. Louis businessman John Brunner, former Navy SEAL officer Eric Greitens and former House speaker and U.S. attorney Catherine Hanaway
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Legislation limiting public access to police body camera videos has won final approval in Missouri in a move that some supporters hope will help encourage their use. The bill’s passage Tuesday comes nearly two years after the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson touched off massive protests over…
