JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s Republican-led House has squashed an attempt by Democrats to expand Medicaid eligibility. Members voted 102-41 against a proposal by Columbia Democratic Rep. Kip Kendrick to broaden eligibility under former President Barack Obama’s federal health care law. Kendrick tried to add the proposal to a Republican-sponsored bill that’s advancing to…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – House members are advancing a bill to make Missouri the last state to adopt a database to track addictive prescription drugs but the measure still has a long way to go. The bill received initial approval in a Wednesday voice vote. It needs another vote before it can move to…
Spur, Texas (KTRS) Two storm chasers from Missouri are among three killed in vehicle accident during a storm in West Texas. Authorities say the three were pursuing a tornado Tuesday afternoon when their vehicles collided into each other. Two of the victims have been identified as 57-year-old Gene Williamson and 55-year-old Randall Delane Yarnall, both…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Gov. Eric Greitens says he’s still against expanding eligibility for Medicaid in Missouri following failed efforts in Congress to overhaul health care. Greitens told reporters Tuesday in Jefferson City that he doesn’t support broadening eligibility under former President Barack Obama’s federal health care law.Greitens was among Republican governors who wrote…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri appeals court panel says utility regulators had no authority to grant conditional approval for a high-voltage power line across northeastern Missouri. The ruling Tuesday overturns an April 2016 decision by the Missouri Public Service Commission, which approved the line on the condition that an Ameren Corp. subsidiary later…
( KTRS ) The identity of a man who died in a fatal accident has been released. Police say 67 yr old Danny Temple died Sunday after the vehicle he was driving collided with a tree in the 1700 block of Cass Ave. Authorities believe that Temple suffered a medical-related issue and that may have…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s Republican-led House has endorsed a bill to repeal the state’s “prevailing wage” requirements for public construction projects. The 93-60 vote Tuesday is part of a Republican push to revamp the state’s labor laws by limiting union powers. Missouri law currently requires governmental entities such as cities and school districts…
( KTRS ) Authorities are investigating a shooting at the Canfield Green Apartment complex in Ferguson. Police say the victim was shot around 7pm last night, by a member of the apartment’s security staff. The victim suffered a gunshot wound to the abdomen and was reported as conscious and breathing at the scene, before being…
Ferguson, MO (KTRS) Police in Ferguson are investigating a shooting by a security guard at an apartment complex on Canfield Drive. Police say it started when the security guard chased away a dog that was running loose in the complex. The dog’s owner came out and brandished a gun in a threatening manner. Police Chief…
Ladue, MO (KTRS) Police say a man connected to the shooting at a Schnucks in Ladue was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Investigators say the man was discovered in a van in Richmond Heights just hours after the shooting. That van was seen fleeing the Schnucks parking lot after a woman was shot…