JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – More than a dozen companies want shields for businesses removed from a Missouri proposal creating religious protections for those objecting to gay marriage. Company executives this week sent a letter to a House committee chairman asking to nix that provision. The proposal would prohibit government penalties against those who cite…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A man who escaped from the Madison County Jail in Fredericktown has been caught in St. Louis. Franklin County Sheriff Gary Toelke said that 38-year-old Jason Mills was arrested at a home Wednesday by the U.S. Marshals Service. Authorities said that Mills escaped from the county jail, which is about 90…
( KTRS ) The Missouri Senate has passed a bill to raise the state’s fuel tax to pay for road and bridge projects. Senators voted 21-10, to increase the tax by nearly 6 cents per gallon. The plan now heads to the House, and it would also require voter approval. Bill sponsor Sen. Doug Libla…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri lawmakers would need to wait six months after their term ends before lobbying under a compromise reached by a legislative panel. House and Senate members Wednesday hashed out a tentative agreement on a bill to limit when lawmakers can lobby in the Capitol. Legislators now can immediately lobby their…
(KTRS) – One person was injured by a gas line fire and subsequent explosions in Illinois. Fox 2 reports that a worker was using a piece of equipment at a construction site in Maryville when the worker hit a gas line. That started a fire and it appears the fire may have spread to nearby…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A Spike Lee documentary about University of Missouri protests and the football team’s threatened boycott is making its premiere at a theater near the campus. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that a one-hour version of the documentary, titled “2 Fists Up,” will be shown Wednesday night at the Missouri Theatre. Lee…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt says he has no plans to meet with President Barack Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court, though nearly 20 other Republican senators have said they are willing to do so. Blunt told reporters on a conference call Wednesday that he sees no need to meet…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Country giant Merle Haggard, who celebrated outlaws, underdogs and an abiding sense of national pride in such hits as “Okie From Muskogee” and “Sing Me Back Home,” died Wednesday at 79, on his birthday. Haggard’s manager, Frank Mull, said the country icon died in Palo Cedro, California, of pneumonia. A masterful…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The Missouri Secretary of State’s office and the St. Louis County Council are both seeking answers after a ballot shortage plagued several polling places during Tuesday’s municipal elections. Democratic elections director Eric Fey says shortages occurred in 63 precincts that required ballots for multiple jurisdictions such as school board and municipal…
