NEW YORK (AP) — The founder of Papa John’s says the pizza chain does well with him as its public face, and that it was a mistake for the company to scrub him from its marketing materials after he acknowledged using a racial slur. John Schnatter told The Associated Press that he believes he can…
By JANIE HAR and BRIAN SKOLOFF , Associated Press UPPER LAKE, Calif. (AP) — Just a month into the budget year, California has already spent more than one-quarter of its annual fire budget, at least $125 million, state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection spokesman Mike Mohler said Wednesday. Following years of drought and a…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Seven empty train cars derailed on Union Pacific train tracks in south St. Louis. The derailment happened just south of Chouteau and Wharf around 6:30 a.m. Thursday. Union Pacific spokesman Jeff DeGraff says the cars that derailed off the terminal rail bridge were empty. DeGraff says damage occurred to the bridge…
By CHAD DAY and ERIC TUCKER , Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Prosecutors will ask jurors Thursday to follow the money in the Paul Manafort trial, a trail they say shows that the former campaign chairman took millions from wealthy Ukrainian clients then hid it from banks and the IRS. Expected to testify were…
SEDALIA, Mo. (AP) – A Sedalia man has been charged with physically abusing three children over several years. Pettis County authorities on Tuesday charged 48-year-old James Hays Jr. with three counts of abuse or neglect of a child. He is being held on $1 million bond. The Sedalia Democrat reports the children are ages 12,…
KEARNEY, Mo. (AP) – Authorities are investigating a report that a missing Iowa college student might have been seen in northwest Missouri. Police in Kearney, Missouri, say an employee at a truck stop reported Sunday that she saw a young girl resembling Mollie Tibbetts. The department said in a statement that it spoke to witnesses…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) One person is dead after an accident in north St. Louis. Police say a vehicle crashed into a utility pole on Hall Street and Carrie at around 3:30 a.m. Thursday. This knocked out power for about 1,600 Ameren customers. The victim’s name hasn’t been released.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed a law requiring public schools to allow parents to administer medical marijuana at school to eligible children. The Republican took action Wednesday. It allows parents or guardians to administer a “cannabis-infused product” to a student on school property or a school bus if both parent and…
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Economic growth is still slowing in nine Midwestern and Plains states amid trade and tariff disputes, according to a monthly survey report released Wednesday. The Mid-America Business Conditions Index declined to 57.0 in July, from 61.8 in June and 67.3 in May, the report states. It’s still the 20th straight month…
By JANIE HAR and BRIAN SKOLOFF , Associated Press UPPER LAKE, Calif. (AP) — A massive wildfire in Northern California has torched more than 1,000 homes in and around the city of Redding, authorities said Wednesday as some evacuees were allowed to return home and new blazes exploded in what has become an endless summer…