JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s top tourism official is out of a job, days after a complaint accused him of excessive taxpayer-funded travel and improper acceptance of gifts from a state vendor. The Missouri Division of Tourism announced Director Ward Franz’s departure Friday but didn’t say if he was fired or resigned. An Oct.…
NEW YORK (AP) — McDonald’s chief executive officer has been pushed out of the company after violating company policy by engaging in a consensual relationship with an employee, the corporation said Sunday. The fast food giant said former president and CEO Steve Easterbrook demonstrated poor judgment, and that McDonald’s forbids managers from having romantic relationships…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — Authorities have released the names of two people shot and killed in a northern St. Louis apartment this weekend. St. Louis County police told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that 48-year-old Artelia Harold and 51-year-old Bennie Whalen both died Saturday after being shot in their Riverview apartment during a domestic dispute. Harold and…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A bill requiring St. Louis gun dealers to alert police when a firearms purchase is denied because of a criminal background check is the latest step in addressing violence in a city beset by gun crimes. St. Louis aldermen unanimously gave final approval to the bill Friday. Supporters say 30% of…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and the House impeachment resolution (all times local): 9:25 p.m. Democrats have swept a rules package for their impeachment probe of President Donald Trump through a divided House, as the chamber’s first vote on the investigation highlighted the partisan breach the issue has only deepened. By 232-196, lawmakers…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A city police officer is charged following an officer-involved shooting that occurred back in August. 30-year-old Matthew EerNisse was charged Thursday with 1st degree assault. Just before 4:30 in the morning on August 27th, a report of a carjacking went out via dispatch. Officer EerNisse spotted the vehicle in the 4900…
MILAN (AP) — The boards of Fiat Chrysler and PSA Peugeot have approved merging the two companies to create the world’s fourth-largest automaker with a value of about $50 billion. The formal announcement that the companies have agreed “to work towards a full combination of their respective entities by way of a 50/50 merger” came…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — The top doctor at Missouri’s sole abortion clinic on Wednesday defended its handling of four patients who faced complications — women whose care has been cited by the state as it seeks to revoke the clinic’s license. The testimony from Dr. Colleen McNicholas at a hearing that could determine the…
SAN RAFAEL, CA (AP) — Californians on Wednesday found themselves facing winds, wildfires and darkness from yet another power outage that hit more than 1 million people. Frustration and anger mounted across Northern California as Pacific Gas & Electric, the state’s largest utility, began its third round of sweeping blackouts in a week aimed at…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s health department director on Tuesday said he tracked the menstrual cycles of Planned Parenthood patients as part of an effort to identify what the agency says were “failed abortions” at a St. Louis clinic. Department of Health and Senior Services Director Randall Williams made the revelation during the second day…