By SUMMER BALLENTINE, Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Since he was indicted on allegations related to an extramarital affair, Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens has shifted into attack mode, zeroing in on the St. Louis prosecutor who launched the investigation with comments decried by some critics as politically or racially charged. Grietens, a Republican accused…
By ED WHITE and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER, Associated Press MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (AP) — Police were searching Friday for a young man suspected of killing two people at a Central Michigan University residence hall on the same day parents were arriving to pick up students beginning their spring break. Police released a photo of James Eric Davis…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police are investigating a triple shooting overnight in downtown St. Louis. Police say two men and a woman were shot around 1 a.m. Friday in the 2000 block of Locust. All three victims were take to the hospital and are listed in stable condition. There’s no word on a motive or of…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A reward has been increased to solve a murder in Ferguson. St. Louis CrimeStoppers has already offered a $5,000 reward in the case of the fatal shooting of Donnell Drake last summer. Now an anonymous donor has put up $45,000, bringing the reward to $50,000. However, the reward money is only being…
By TOM FOREMAN Jr. and JONATHAN DREW, Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — As his public appearances dwindled in recent years, the Rev. Billy Graham began choosing songs, scripture and speakers for one last public opportunity to spread the Gospel — his own funeral. Plans for Friday’s service took shape in the years after his last…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri attorney general’s office has an open inquiry into a veterans charity founded by Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens. A spokeswoman for Attorney General Josh Hawley said Thursday that the office is looking into the charitable activities of The Mission Continues. It wasn’t clear when the inquiry began. The announcement…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The estranged mother of former St. Louis police chief Sam Dotson has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $2 million from a Missouri real estate company. Seventy-year-old Carol Dotson, of St. Louis, pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of wire fraud. Carol Dotson was officer administrator of a commercial real estate…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) William H.T. “Bucky” Bush, brother and uncle to presidents, has died. He was 79. A longtime St. Louis civic leader, Bush co-founded Bush O’Donnell Investment Advisers in St. Louis and was Missouri chairman of his nephew George W. Bush’s reelection campaign in 2004. He was former president George H-W Bush’s youngest brother. Former…
By ZEKE MILLER and JILL COLVIN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — White House communications director Hope Hicks, one of President Donald Trump’s most trusted and longest-serving aides, abruptly announced her resignation, leaving a void around a president who values loyalty and affirmation. The departure of Hicks, who worked as a one-woman communications shop during his campaign,…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) When the Gateway Arch and its museum reopen this summer after more than a year of renovation, a new logo will help celebrate the event. Dave Sanders with Bi-State Development says the new logo updates the old logo, which was more retro in design. The reopening of the Arch and its museum July…