JEFFERSON CITY (AP) The Missouri Senate has passed and sent on to the House a buyout program targeting homes near near Bridgeton Landfill and adjacent West Lake Landfill. Cold War-era nuclear waste was buried at these locations in the 1970s. The measure, sponsored by State Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal, would allow residents to apply for buyouts…
Hillsboro, MO Â (KTRS) Â Senator Claire McCaskill is on a three-day tour where she’s hosting townhalls in rural Missouri. The Democratic lawmaker kicked off her tour Wednesday morning at Jefferson College in Hillsboro, where she covered a wide range of topics, including opioid abuse, healthcare,farming, and Syria. Although her eight town halls are being held in…
St. Charles County, MO  (KTRS)  Efforts continue to raise awareness about the dangerous heroin and opioid epidemic in our country. On Tuesday evening, Francis Howell High School hosted a Town Hall meeting to educate the community on this issue. About 100 people gathered in the school’s auditorium, where they were presented with a reenactment of…
CAIRO, Ill. (AP) – Federal housing officials say they plan to relocate 185 families from two southern Illinois public housing developments that have been plagued by problems, including poor heating and mold. The (Carbondale) Southern Illinoisan reports that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said it would provide residents with vouchers and fund…
( KTRS ) Town and Country police are looking a man accused of passing counterfeit money. The man allegedly used counterfeit money to buy something inside the gift shop of the Missouri Baptist Medical Center, but also asked employees and visitors at the center for change. Anyone who knows the man is asked to contact…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Senate budget leader is setting up a showdown with the House over some of the state’s education expenses. Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Dan Brown said Tuesday that he wants to put a break on House plans to provide K-12 schools the full amount of basic aid called for…
( KTRS ) Authorities are looking for a man who robbed a bank on Olive Blvd on Saturday. Police say the man walked into Reliance Bank at 13033 Olive Boulevard and put a note on the counter demanding money from the register. He fled the scene on foot with an unknown amount of cash. He…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is creating a new task force to find ways to reduce government boards and commissions, although a similar panel already exists. Greitens signed an executive order Tuesday creating a 12-person task force to study the state’s more than 200 boards and commissions. Greitens in a statement…
JEFFERSON CITY (AP)Â The Missouri Senate has passed a bill that would create statewide regulations for app-based transportation companies such as Uber and Lyft. The legislation would require that companies pay a licensing fee and adhere to a nondiscrimination policy. It also would exempt companies from local and municipal taxes and require drivers to submit to…
INDEPENDENCE, MO (AP)  The U.S. Army says an explosion at an ammunition plant in Independence, Missouri, has left one person dead and three others injured. The Army Joint Munitions Command says the explosion happened Tuesday at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in Independence. A spokeswoman says no further information was immediately available. The plant manufactures…