By LARRY LAGE, Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette lashed out at Michigan State University on Saturday for allowing Larry Nassar to sexually abuse girls and women for years, and he took a shot at the school’s governing body. “I don’t need advice from the board of trustees,” the aspiring governor…
Kansas City, MO (KTRS) Efforts continue to find a Missouri baby who disappeared six years ago. The National Center For Missing and Exploited Children has released an age enhanced photo of what Lisa Irwin could look like today at the age of 7-years-old. Lisa was 10 months old when she went missing on October 3,…
By TOM LoBIANCO, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump pushed back against reports that he ordered White House lawyer Don McGahn to fire special counsel Robert Mueller last June. “Fake news, folks. Fake news. Typical New York Times fake stories,” Trump retorted dismissively when asked about it by reporters at the World Economic Forum…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri is collecting and investigating opioid prescription data through a statewide drug monitoring program to identify doctors and clinics that overprescribe painkillers. Gov. Eric Greitens signed an executive order in July to create the program targeting what he called “pill mills.” The state began collecting opioid prescription information last month, the…
By DAVID EGGERT and LARRY LAGE, Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State University’s athletic director retired Friday, two days after the university president resigned over the school’s handling of sexual abuse allegations against its disgraced former sports doctor, Larry Nassar. Mark Hollis, who had been in the job for 10 years, disclosed the…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill on Friday said she doesn’t take seriously a longshot Republican candidate for her seat who is facing criticism for his comments about women. McCaskill said after a campaign event at the University of Missouri in Columbia that she feels sorry for Courtland Sykes if he really…
By ROBERT RAY, BRUCE SCHREINER and CLAIRE GALOFARO, Associated Press BENTON, Ky. (AP) — The 15-year-old boy accused of gunning down classmates at a western Kentucky high school was ordered held on murder and assault charges as the shaken community where it happened strained to cope with the devastation. On Thursday, a juvenile court judge found…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Two teenagers are hospitalized after being gunned down in north St. Louis. Police say the a 16-year-old boy was shot in the head and a 14-year-old boy was shot in the leg in the 3200 block of Barrett around 9 p.m. Thursday. The sixteen-year-old is listed in critical, but stable condition. The…
South Roxana, IL (KTRS) The cause of a fiery crash that killed a driver and injured a police officer in the metro-east is under investigation. Investigators say a pick up truck driver crashed head on with a Pontoon Beach police cruiser on Route 111near New Poag Road in South Roxana at about just after 8:00 a.m.…
By ERIC TUCKER and CHAD DAY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump declared he’s “looking forward” to being questioned — under oath — in the special counsel’s probe of Russian election interference and Trump’s possible obstruction in the firing of the FBI director. Trump said he would be willing to answer questions under oath…