By BLAKE NELSON , Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gov. Mike Parson on Friday signed his first five bills into law since taking office, including one that exempts small farms from parts of the state’s clean water law. The legislation said farms would not need a permit to allow water from their property…
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Border Patrol officials said Friday that a girl who is pictured on the cover of this week’s Time magazine was not separated from her mother, despite the poignant image of the child standing alone, weeping. Time attached a correction to the story, saying “The original version of this story misstated what…
By CLAUDIA LAUER , Associated Press Protesters demonstrated Friday for a third day over the fatal police shooting in Pennsylvania of an unarmed black teen fleeing a traffic stop as they sought to get the attention of a nation engrossed by the immigration debate, and to pressure officials to charge the officer. Hundreds of marchers…
ST. CHARLES COUNTY (KTRS) The trial for Pamela Hupp … the woman charged with first degree murder in the fatal shooting of Louis Gumpenberger at her O’Fallon, Missouri home in August of 2016 … has been postponed again. St. Charles County Circuit Judge Jon Cunningham today granted the postponement after defense attorneys asked for more time…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) The owner of Gus Gus Fun Bus party bus and popular downtown St. Louis promoter Mike Arnold has passed away from injuries he suffered in attempted carjacking last weekend. He was 54. The two suspects arrested and charged in the carjacking last Saturday remain in custody but the prosecutor’s office has not yet…
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Southern Illinois University President Randy Dunn survived a vote by the school’s board of trustees on Thursday to place him on administrative leave. The vote came after the board spent more than three hours in a private session discussing Dunn’s future. He declined to comment after the vote. Dunn has been…
By NOMAAN MERCHANT, SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and COLLEEN LONG , Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — About 500 of the more than 2,300 children separated from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border have been reunited since May, a senior Trump administration official said Thursday, as confusion mounted over the “zero tolerance” policy that called for…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Hundreds of mourners braved drizzling rain to attend the funeral for fashion designer Kate Spade in her hometown of Kansas City, Missouri. Many of those attending the Thursday church service carried her iconic purses. Her family released a statement shortly before the funeral began, saying her father had died the…
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE , Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Melania Trump made an unannounced visit to a Texas facility Thursday, talking with children and staff as she got a first-hand look at some of the migrant children sent there by the U.S. government after their families entered the country illegally. The first lady’s stop…
Wildwood, MO (KTRS) Retired Army Sergeant Legrand Strickland and his wife Carrie are all ready making memories in their new home and it’s not even fully built. On Thursday morning the Gary Sinise Foundation held a “Walls of Honor” event, where the community was invited to write inspirational messages on the walls of the specially…