Secret Service officer is indicted in sexting case

DOVER, Del. (AP) – A Secret Service officer accused of trying to solicit sex from an undercover agent he thought was a 14-year-old girl has been indicted on a federal charge of trying to transfer obscene material to a minor. The single-count indictment against Lee Robert Moore was issued Wednesday, the same day a hearing…

Super PACs dole out cash, whether candidates like it or not

WASHINGTON (AP) – Donald Trump calls them a “crooked business” and Bernie Sanders says they’re “corrupt” organizations “buying elections.” But that barrage of insults hasn’t stopped the political groups known as super PACs and their donors from showing the two presidential candidates some love. A super PAC allied with a union that endorsed Sanders over…

State Awards Jennings School District Full Accreditation

Jennings, MO  (KTRS)  Jennings School District is making the grade. At  Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) State Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, DESE awarded full accreditation to the Jennings School District. This comes after Jennings met full accreditation standards for two consecutive years.  As a result, Jennings students who met 57 percent of…

MU Creates New Office For Civil Rights & Title IX

Columbia, MO  (KTRS)  The University of Missouri has a new resource for dealing with discrimination. On Wednesday, Garnett Stokes, provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs at the  University of Missouri,  announced the creation of a new Office for Civil Rights & Title IX. This new office will centralize reports and investigations of discrimination on…