St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A former St. Louis prosecutor is suspended from practicing law. Bliss Barber-Worrell’s law license has been suspended after she admitted that she helped cover up a city police detective’s assault on a handcuffed suspect. Barber-Worrell pleaded guilty in October to a felony charge of misprision of a felony. A court order…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) A Missouri lawmaker is calling for a buyout for north county homeowners living near radioactive waste. Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal has introduced a bill that would allow homeowners to let the state buy their homes if they live within three miles of the West Lake Landfill, the Bridgeton Landfill, or Coldwater…
ROLLA, Mo. (AP) – A Danish food-packaging manufacturer says it plans to build a $30-million factory in central Missouri’s Rolla, creating about 50 jobs. As part of the expansion announced Tuesday by Gov. Jay Nixon, Brodrene Hartmann says the 334,000-square-foot Rolla plant will make molded-fiber egg cartons. The cartons will be made of recycled newspaper…
( KTRS ) Gov. Jay Nixon is traveling to South America next week for a trade mission. Nixon says he’s traveling to Colombia and Peru from Saturday through the following Friday. Like previous trade missions, Nixon says the goal is to increase exports and encourage companies from those countries to invest in Missouri. This is Nixon’s first…
