WASHINGTON (AP) – President-elect Donald Trump has questioned intelligence assessments about Russian involvement in election hacking for weeks. The nation’s top intelligence officials are making their most detailed and persuasive case yet directly to Trump, pointing to multiple motives for Russia’s interference. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, CIA Director John Brennan and FBI Director…
BOSTON (AP) – U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has told supporters she will run for re-election in 2018. The Massachusetts Democrat made the announcement Friday. It was expected that she would run again. Warren has emerged as one of Republican President-elect Donald Trump’s fiercest critics in Congress. She said in the message that Massachusetts voters did…
Poplar Bluff, MO (KTRS) Â Tainted heroin in Poplar Bluff may be linked to St. Louis. Police in Poplar Bluff are concerned that tainted heroin, possibly laced with fentanyl, is on the streets of the southeast Missouri town. This is in response to one death and five overdose calls in recent days. Police Chief Danny Whiteley…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A St. Louis man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for his role in a drug-related crime that resulted in a fatal shooting. A federal judge on Thursday sentenced 29-year-old Walter Wallace Jr. in a case that is part of a coordinated effort between St. Louis city and federal…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The Humane Society of Missouri has rescued 31 dogs from what officials call “filthy” conditions at a home in west-central Missouri’s Benton County. Thirty of the dogs are small mixed-breed, and one is a Labrador retriever. They were removed Thursday and taken to the Humane Society headquarters in St. Louis for…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A new 1,230-acre park in the St. Francois Mountains will be named after outgoing Gov. Jay Nixon. The Department of Natural Resources on Thursday announced the park will feature a connection to the Ozark Trail, which links to Taum Sauk Mountain and Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park. Missouri will have 92…
St. Louis County, MO  (KTRS)  The search is over for a boy who ran away from a children’s home in north county. Police announced Friday morning that 11-year-old Abreeyon Wilson has been found and is safe. Police haven’t released any other details on  child’s whereabouts since he went missing on Tuesday. Wilson was the…
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Ridesharing company Uber will give free rides on Missouri’s inauguration day in Jefferson City. A statement from Uber provided to The Associated Press on Thursday says free rides through the app-based service are available from 7 a.m. Monday until 2 a.m. Tuesday. Incoming Republican Gov. Eric Greitens and four other…
HERMANN, Mo. (AP) – Two months after someone purchased a$3.5 million Missouri Lotto ticket in Hermann, a winner has yet to come forward. The Missouri Lottery said Thursday that someone matched all six numbers in the Nov. 12 drawing: 10, 17, 26, 28, 36 and 43. The winning ticket was purchased at Hermann Fuel Mart…