JEFFERSON CITY (AP) A Missouri circuit judge has ruled that a proposed redistricting measure should be removed from the November ballot. Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green on Friday ruled that the ballot initiative unconstitutionally addresses multiple topics. He directed the secretary of state to remove the measure from the Nov. 6 ballot. At issue is…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers have passed a bill to expand treatment courts. Senators voted 29-0 in favor of the bill during a special session Friday. The bill now heads to Gov. Mike Parson. Lawmakers passed a wide-ranging bill with a similar provision during their annual legislative session that ended in May. But…
By ERIC TUCKER, CHAD DAY and MICHAEL BALSAMO , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Paul Manafort signaled Friday that he intends to plead guilty ahead of a second trial as prosecutors filed new charging documents against the former Trump campaign chairman. The charges in Friday’s filing were contained a criminal information, a document that can…
By JONATHAN DREW , Associated Press WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina early Friday, pushing a life-threatening storm surge of floodwater miles inland and ripping apart buildings with screaming wind and pelting rain. More than 60 people had to be pulled from a collapsing motel at the height of the…
By JONATHAN DREW , Associated Press WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Florence was making landfall in North Carolina early Friday with a life-threatening storm surge that pushed water inland for miles, pelting rains and screaming winds that destroyed buildings in its path. More than 60 people had to be pulled from a collapsing motel at…
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Florence already has inundated coastal streets with ocean water and left tens of thousands without power, and forecasters say that “catastrophic” freshwater flooding is expected over portions of the Carolinas as Hurricane Florence inches closer to the U.S. East Coast. Screaming winds bent trees toward the ground and raindrops flew…
(KTRS) A Jefferson County Missouri man is killed after he runs his Honda three wheeler off the road and into a tree. The Missouri Highway Patrol says 44 year-old Jason T. Thorne, of Imperial, was in the 39 hundred block of West Waller Wednesday morning when he left the roadway and crashed. Thorne was pronounced…
BALLWIN, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a man has been arrested after a video showed him speeding through a yard and around a school bus that had its stop-sign arm extended as children boarded the bus near a suburban St. Louis elementary school. Police say the 52-year-old man blamed a mechanical failure for swerving around…
By JONATHAN DREW WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — The big slosh has begun, and the consequences could be disastrous. Hurricane Florence’s leading edge battered the Carolina coast Thursday, bending trees and shooting frothy sea water over streets on the Outer Banks, as the hulking storm closed in with 100 mph (155 kph) winds for a drenching…
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST , Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Elizabeth Smart said Thursday the news that one of her kidnappers will be released next week was “a big shock,” but while she urged authorities to reconsider the decision she also conceded there is no viable, legal recourse for her to pursue. Wanda Barzee…