WASHINGTON (AP) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is proposing a new initiative directed at boosting autism screening, treatment and research. Her plan, which will be unveiled Tuesday as part of her two-day campaign tour through Iowa, was previewed in a statement. According to the campaign, Clinton’s plan will push states to require private insurers…
Pine Lawn, MO  (KTRS)  A deadly shooting in Pine Lawn is being investigated. Police say 44-year-old Fernando Smith was shot multiple times inside of his home along the 3800 block of Council Grove early Monday evening.  Smith was able to make a neighbor’s home for help. Smith was taken to the hospital, where he died early…
CHICAGO (AP) – Officials say Illinois patients legally purchased nearly $1.7 million worth of medical marijuana during November and December Program director Joseph Wright on Monday announced sales figures since Nov. 9, when Illinois launched regulated sales with the opening of the state’s first licensed cannabis dispensaries. Wholesale sales – what growers sold to dispensaries…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Bobby Ryan scored twice, including the game-winner at 2:33 of overtime, to lift the Ottawa Senators to a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Monday night. Mike Hoffman also scored and Andrew Hammond made 36 saves for the Senators, who had lost three straight and been shut out in…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Republican-led Missouri legislative panel says the Senate should launch contempt proceedings against the leader of a St. Louis-region Planned Parenthood. The report comes after Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri didn’t comply with a subpoena sent to President and CEO Mary Kogut. The Senate Interim…
( KTRS ) Newly proposed Missouri legislation would make it a crime for women to use drugs while pregnant. Rep. Jered Taylor, a Republican from Nixa, says his bill is intended to get women into treatment before they give birth. He says the bill would push offenders into drug court, where their sentences would be deferred…
( KTRS ) More than 100 Republican Missouri lawmakers are calling for a University of Missouri assistant professor to be fired in response to her videotaped clash with reporters during campus protests. The group of lawmakers sent a letter to the Board of Curators to oust assistant communications professor Melissa Click, on Monday. Click garnered national…