By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added a modest 103,000 jobs in March after several months of robust gains, though the government’s overall jobs report suggests that the labor market remains fundamentally healthy. The unemployment rate remained at 4.1 percent, a 17-year low, for a sixth straight month, the Labor Department…
Washington, MO (KTRS) An Endangered Person Advisory is in effect for a missing Franklin County man. Police say 43-year-old Michael Jolly was last seen at his residence in Washington, Missouri on March 2nd. On March 11,he was traveling from Washington, Missouri to visit family in Affton. He contacted a relative that day on his cell phone…
By TOM HAYS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Police seeking to quell simmering anger over their shooting of a mentally disturbed black man on a New York City street released a montage of security videos Thursday that showed him minutes earlier thrusting a metal object that looked like a gun into the faces of several…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri House committee has rejected a bill meant to give terminally ill patients access to medical marijuana. The Columbia Missourian reports that Republican Rep. Jim Neely’s bill failed to make it out of the Legislative Oversight Committee on Wednesday. New Approach Missouri is a group campaigning to legalize medical…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A spokesman for Gov. Eric Greitens says he hopes to nominate new members to the Missouri Ethics Commission next week. Vacancies on the commission mean it has too few members to meet with a quorum. The committee has before it a complaint about whether Greitens’ gubernatorial campaign told the truth…
By ELLIOT SPAGAT and SUDHIN THANAWALA, Associated Press MENIFEE, Calif. (AP) — The woman who shot three people at YouTube’s headquarters was prolific at producing videos and posting them online, many of them bizarre, such as a clip in which she removes a revealing purple dress to expose fake breasts with the message, “Don’t Trust Your…
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Comedian Bill Cosby has arrived for the fourth day of jury selection in his retrial on sexual assault charges. Cosby stumbled slightly getting out of an SUV on Thursday and then put a hand up to say he was OK before walking into the suburban Philadelphia courthouse where lawyers will work…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) It’s opening day for the St. Louis Cardinals! Fans are reminded when entering Busch Stadium, they will have to go through a metal detector, have their bags searched, and be screened with a handheld metal detector. It’s advised to arrive early in anticipation of delays. The MLB has a list of what…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Suspects are being sought after three people were shot at nightclub in downtown St. Louis. Police say the shooting happened around 11:30 p.m.Wednesday outside of The Mood Lounge at 20th and Locust. None of the victims suffered life threatening injuries. The shooting reportedly stemmed from a fight.
Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) The Missouri House committee investigating Governor Eric Greitens has declined a request to delay it’s findings. Attorneys for Greitens say state lawmakers’ investigation into the Republican governor could taint jurors in his upcoming criminal trial. The Governor allegedly took and transmitted a nonconsensual photo of a partially nude woman with whom…