St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The felony computer tampering case against embattled Missouri Governor Eric Greitens isn’t moving forward. St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner announced during a news conference on Wednesday that she is dismissing the case after reaching an agreement with Greitens’ defense team. “Many of Mr. Greitens former colleagues and friends cooperated with…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Amid Governor Eric Greitens’ announced resignation, an agreement has been reached in the computer tampering case against the Governor. St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner said she has been in contact with Greitens’ defense team and a resolution has been reached. Gardner announced this in a released statement on Tuesday: Today, Governor…
By LORNE COOK and RAF CASERT , Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The man who killed three people during a knife and shooting rampage through the Belgian city of Liege carried out an act of “terrorist murder,” prosecutors said Wednesday, and authorities were trying to establish whether he acted alone. Benjamin Herman, an inmate on…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republican leaders in the Missouri House say GOP Gov. Eric Greitens has “put the best interest” of the state’s residents first in deciding to resign. House Speaker Todd Richardson, Speaker Pro Tem Elijah Haahr, and Majority Leader Rob Vescovo issued a joint statement Tuesday, moments after Greitens announced he was…
BRUSSELS (AP) — The police chief in the Belgian city where a prison inmate on 48-hour leave grabbed the service weapons of two officers and then fatally shot them and a bystander has identified the slain officers, one of whom had twin daughters now orphaned. Liege Police Chief Christian Beaupere named the two female officers…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens says he is resigning after months of what he called “legal harassment.” The Republican governor made the startling announcement Tuesday. He will resign effective 5 p.m. Friday. The resignation comes amid a special session in which the state Legislature is considering impeachment. Two potential criminal cases…
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) – A mid-Missouri judge says a secretive group that supports Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens must turn over documents subpoenaed by a legislative investigatory committee trying to determine whether to bring impeachment proceedings against the Republican governor. Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem handed down his ruling Tuesday morning. It applies to A New…
By RAF CASERT and SYLVAIN PLAZY , Associated Press LIEGE, Belgium (AP) — A knife-wielding man stabbed two police officers Tuesday in the Belgian city of Liege, stole their weapons and shot them and a bystander dead in an attack that prosecutors fear could be terror-related. The attacker, who was later killed by police, was…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) Two firefighters suffered heat exhaustion while battling a fire in south county. Firefighters responded to a burning home in the 9400 block of Gentry Avenue around 11:30 a.m. Monday. Two firefighters were taken to an area hospital for a heat related illness. Two family dogs also died in the fire. There’s…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A man is dead after a shooting in the south St. Louis neighborhood of Soulard. Police say the victim was gunned down outside of a nightclub on Russell and Menard at just after midnight Tuesday. The victim’s name hasn’t been released. There’s no word on a motive or of any arrests. This…