JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republican candidate for Missouri governor Eric Greitens will accept the outcome of the election despite GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s refusal to say he’ll do the same. Greitens’ campaign manager, Austin Chambers, told The Associated Press at a Jefferson City campaign event Friday that the gubernatorial candidate “absolutely” will accept…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The clamor for change that’s fueling Donald Trump’s presidential campaign may help a little-known Democrat upset a powerful Republican senator in red-state Missouri on Election Day. And with just a few competitive Senate races around the country, the outcome in Missouri could help determine which party controls the Senate. The…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – About $8.7 million Missouri received from a settlement over Volkswagen’s emissions cheating scandal will go to school transportation and other programs. Gov. Jay Nixon on Friday released a matching $8.7 million in previously restricted spending for this year’s budget after the state received the settlement money. Nixon this year blocked…
SAN DIEGO (AP) – Donald Trump’s lawyers don’t want any statements he made during the presidential campaign mentioned in an upcoming civil trial over Trump University. Attorney Daniel Petrocelli filed a motion in federal court in San Diego late Thursday seeking to exclude statements by or about the Republican presidential nominee. That includes his tweets,…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Â One man is dead and another is injured following a shooting in north St. Louis. Police say the men were gunned down in the 51-hundred block of Kensington Avenue at just before 11:30 p.m. Thursday. One victim died at the scene, another suffered non-life threatening injuries. The deceased victim’s name…
St. Louis County, MO Â (KTRS) Â Â A St. Louis County police officer is recovering after being shot in north county. Investigators say officers were attempting to arrest a man who was wanted for assault with a firearm at a home in the 10-thousand block of Royal Drive in the Castle Point neighborhood at just after 10:30…
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Ferguson, MO  (KTRS)  The Department of Justice is raising some concerns with the Code of Conduct ordinance Ferguson passed last summer to restore order to the city council meetings. A special city council meeting was Thursday afternoon, where city leaders and the city’s attorneys discussed making amendments to the ordinance. City Manager De’Carlon Seewood says…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) –Â Prosecutors say they have not determined whether they will seek the death penalty for a man charged in the fatal shooting of a St. Louis County police officer. Eighteen-year-old Trenton Forster pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder Wednesday in the death of 33-year-old Blake Snyder. Ed Magee, a spokesman for St. Louis…
(KTRS) – The Gary Sinise Foundation is spearheading plans to build a “smart home” for Ballwin Police Officer Michael Flamion. The group wants to build a home that will be adapted to Flamion’s new needs–he was shot and paralyzed during a traffic stop in July. The foundation has previously modified Chris Sanna’s home after he…