JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Law enforcement, health care, insurance and transportation groups are urging Missouri lawmakers to ban texting while driving. A House panel heard testimony Monday on three bills that would make it an infraction for a driver to read or send text messages on the road. Missouri currently bans people younger than 22…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Donald Trump is attacking Florida Sen. Marco Rubio on his home turf in a new television advertisement, the Trump campaign says. A minute-long version of the Trump ad concludes, “Marco Rubio: Another corrupt, all-talk, no-action politician.” The new commercial is airing as Rubio, the state’s freshman senator, is expected to arrive in…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Senate leaders have decided to delay moving the news media off the chamber floor because of cost concerns. Senators had voted earlier this year to remove reporters from their longtime seats near the dais effective March 29. Media members were to instead work from a renovated section of a…
(KTRS) – The Ferguson City Council may reconsider a proposed settlement with the Department of Justice this week. Late Friday, the city got a letter from the DOJ that promised that any overhaul to the police force and municipal court would not create an unmanageable financial burden. In a statement today, Mayor James Knowles III…
(KTRS) – The Major Case Squad is helping with the investigation into the death of a 3-year-old girl in the Barnhart area. Investigators say that the girl’s mother found her body and called police around 6:30 AM on Monday. Authorities say there were obvious signs of trauma to the body, but the girl was not…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Efforts continue to keep the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in St. Louis. Mayor Francis Slay was joined by state and federal leaders during a Monday morning news conference, where he announced an offer to make the proposed north St. Louis site more appealing. “On Friday, I told National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director Robert Cardillo…
CHICAGO (AP) – The Illinois attorney general’s office received more than 25,000 complaints from consumers in 2015. Here’s a look at the top categories and the number of complaints. 1. Consumer Debt (mortgages, collection agencies, banks) 3,350 2. Identity Theft (government document fraud, credit cards, utilities, data breaches) 2,636 3. Telecommunications (telemarketing, cable and satellite…
(KTRS) – The Cardinals could be without their starting shortstop for a good length of time to start the season. GM John Mozeliak told reporters in Florida that it appears Jhonny Peralta tore a ligament in his thumb. He injured his hand while fielding a ground ball over the weekend. Peralta could miss as much as…
(KTRS) – In just a few seconds the rest of the Daniel Boone Bridge was gone. The Missouri Department of Transportation demolished the old eastbound span of the bridge that crosses the Missouri River. Crews closed the Interstate in both directions this morning. The new bridge opened back in June.