By SUMMER BALLENTINE and JIM SALTER, Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The ex-husband of a woman who had an extramarital affair with Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens testified for an hour and a half Friday before a House committee doing its own investigation into the indicted governor, the man’s lawyer said. Attorney Al Watkins told…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri police officer who was killed in a shooting that wounded two other officers will be buried next week. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said in a tweet that the services for Clinton Officer Christopher Ryan Morton will start at 11 a.m. Monday at the Benson Convention Center in…
By CURT ANDERSON, BRENDAN FARRINGTON and GARY FINEOUT, Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed a far-reaching school-safety bill Friday that places new restrictions on guns, cementing his state’s break with the National Rifle Association and decades of Republican thinking on gun control in the aftermath of the Parkland high school attack.…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A suspect is being sought in connection with a deadly hit and run in north St. Louis. Police have identified the victim as Dennis White, 55, of the 1500 block of Sullivan. He was struck while walking near Florissant and Sullivan just before just before 6:30 p.m. Thursday. White was taken to…
O’Fallon, MO (KTRS) The search is on after the mysterious disappearance of a father from St. Charles County. Police say 39-year-old Adam Tumbrink of O’Fallon hasn’t been seen since Tuesday. His vehicle was found in a parking lot on Highway K near I-64 on Thursday, with his cellphone inside. Anyone with any information is urged to…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A dying Missouri officer said over the police radio that he had been shot multiple times and didn’t think he could make it through the window of a home from which two other wounded officers managed to escape. Clinton Officer Christopher Ryan Morton is heard saying “I don’t know if…
By JEFF AMY and SARAH MEARHOFF, Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers on Thursday passed what would be the nation’s most restrictive abortion law, making the procedure illegal in most cases after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The state’s only abortion provider pledged to sue, and the attorney general said he expected a tough legal…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says an upcoming announcement about North Korea is “almost beyond” talks between Washington and Pyongyang. Trump announced earlier that South Korea will be making a “major statement” about North Korea at 7 p.m. Eastern time Thursday. An ABC News producer tweets that ABC reporter Jon Karl asked Trump privately…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) Officials with the St. Louis say Holly, a beloved 19-year-old female chimpanzee at the Zoo, has died. She was humanely euthanized on Wednesday, March 7, due to advanced liver cancer. Blood work, radiographs and an ultrasound exam performed the previous day had suggested the presence of tumors affecting the function of her…
CHESTERFIELD (KTRS) Thanks to a tip from a St. Louis woman, police in Arkansas have arrested a man wanted in a shooting in Chesterfield this week that left two people injured. Police had been looking for 42-year-old Philip Stroisch since Tuesday, when he was suspected of firing a gun into a home on Forest Crest in…