NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 4 million Nissan cars are being recalled due to major safety problems where passenger air bags or seat belts could fail in a crash. Nissan North America, Inc. says the first problem is with a sensor that detects if the front passenger seat is occupied. The issue, with 3.2 million…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gov. Jay Nixon has signed a mid-year increase to Missouri’s budget that adds more than $460 million in spending to the state’s current $26 billion budget. Nixon on Friday approved the additional spending, of which more than $150 comes from the federal government. Most of the additional spending will go…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A federal judge for now is leaving in place a preliminary injunction barring the state from revoking Planned Parenthood’s license to perform abortions at a Columbia clinic. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports U.S. District Judge Nanette Laughrey is weighing the matter after a hearing Thursday. Attorneys for the Planned Parenthood of…
BALLWIN, Mo. (AP) — Republicans are choosing 40 of the 57 Missouri delegates to their national convention and many may not be supporters of Donald Trump even though the businessman won the state’s primary in March. Trump won 37 of Missouri’s 52 delegates in the primary and they are bound to vote for him on…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Stephen Strasburg struck out nine including seven of eight in one stretch and the Washington Nationals got home runs from Michael Taylor and Danny Espinosa in a 5-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night. Taylor’s second leadoff homer of the year ended a 22-inning scoreless drought for the…
DALLAS (AP) — The kid is all right for the Dallas Stars. Radek Faksa, the rookie center who split his season between the AHL and the NHL, scored the winning goal off a rebound with 4:44 to play and had an assist on the Stars’ other goal in a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis…
(KTRS) – One Illinois State Senator is calling on lawmakers to stop paying Dennis Hastert his taxpayer-funded pension. Hastert currently gets $28,000-a-year from his pension for his years of service as a state legislator. He was sentenced to 15 months in prison in a hush-money case that revealed accusations that he sexually abused teenagers.
(KTRS) – 14-year-old Destiny Gleason’s family took her off life support last weekend after the teen hanged herself three days earlier. The Gleasons say that Destiny was the victim of bullying by a group of kids at Black Hawk Middle School, so tomorrow, Destiny’s parents are asking other kids to bring their photos and share…
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court has rejected an emergency appeal to stop Texas from enforcing its challenged voter ID law. The law has been in effect for recent elections, even after a trial judge struck it down in 2014 and an appellate panel found last year the law had a discriminatory effect on minority…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) There’s a new initiative aimed at reducing drug overdose deaths. St. Louis Alderwoman Cara Spencer is scheduled to introduce legislation during Friday’s Board Of Aldermen meeting that would allow someone to call for help during a medical emergency without fear of being prosecuted for the drugs that are present at the…