By ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House moved swiftly early Friday to reopen the federal government and pass a $400 billion budget deal, overcoming opposition from both liberal Democrats and tea party conservatives to endorse enormous spending increases despite looming trillion-dollar deficits. The 240-186 vote came in the pre-dawn hours, putting to bed…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers are considering a bill that would increase penalties for protesters who block highways. A Missouri Senate committee heard the bill sponsored by Republican Sen. Jeanie Riddle this week, the Columbia Missourian reported. The proposed legislation would make it a Class A misdemeanor on first offense if a person…
By KEVIN FREKING and MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans rode the tea party wave to power eight years ago on a message of fiscal responsibility and attacking budget deficits, and kept at it during President Barack Obama’s two terms. That was then. The Republican-led Congress on Thursday was rounding up support for a…
TROY, MO (KTRS) Investigators say the pilot of a small plane has escaped with only an arm injury after a crash near Troy in Lincoln County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the plane went down Thursday afternoon in a wooded area about seven miles southwest of Troy in Lincoln County. The pilot was the…
Macoupin County, IL (KTRS) There’s new information in the case of a missing Macoupin County woman. The Major Case Squad reports that after interviews with family, friends, and acquaintances, Denita Hedden is believed to have gone to a St. Louis casino on January 25th and returned to the Royal Lakes area around 11 p.m. Police conducted…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis Police need the public’s help in finding a missing teen. Police say 13-year-old Khandi Shakespeare was last seen on February 3rd when she told her mother that she was going to stay with her father in Hazelwood. Her mother learned on February 5th that Khandi never arrived at her father’s…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri House has given initial approval to a bill requiring both custodial parents to receive notice when a minor is seeking an abortion. The legislation endorsed Wednesday would expand Missouri’s current law that requires the written consent of one parent or guardian before girls younger than 18 can have…
Florissant, MO (KTRS) One person is dead and another is injured following a shooting at a north county restaurant. Police said the victims were shot inside of Show-Me’s Sports Bar & Grill 1700 block of N. New Florissant Road in Florissant Wednesday afternoon. The suspect was taken into custody at the scene. There’s no word on…
By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The world’s first space sports car is cruising toward the asteroid belt, well beyond Mars. SpaceX chief Elon Musk confirmed the new, more distant route for his rocketing Tesla Roadster. The red electric convertible was the unorthodox cargo aboard his company’s brand new Falcon Heavy…
By ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate leaders brokered a long-elusive budget agreement Wednesday that would shower the Pentagon and domestic programs with an extra $300 billion over the next two years. But both Democratic liberals and GOP tea party forces swung against the plan, raising questions about its chances just a day before…