JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Republican Gov.-elect Eric Greitens has named a top Anheuser-Busch official, Michael Roche, to be his chief of staff. The Kansas City Star first reported the pick Tuesday. Roche is vice president of national affairs for the brewery and worked as a federal lobbyist for the company. Greitens’ former campaign…
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Supreme Court has reinstated the law license of former St. Louis Mayor Freeman Bosley Jr. Bosley’s license was suspended indefinitely in September 2014 over allegations that mishandled clients’ money. Bosley served as St. Louis mayor from 1993 to 1997 and has run a law firm that handles personal…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Outgoing Democratic Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is warning the Democratic Party against veering to the left after the party’s defeats in this year’s elections. Nixon told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the party needs to include those with more centrist values. Nixon says identity politics can lead to exclusion…
(KTRS) – The US Census Bureau released their annual population estimates and they show that Missouri and Illinois are heading in different directions. Missouri saw an increase in population–there are an estimated 17,000 new residents in the state. Illinois on the other hand, lost more residents than any other state–but it remains the fifth most populous…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A Missouri appeals court has ordered a new trial for a man sentenced to three decades in prison for infecting another man with HIV and endangering four others with the disease while attending college. A Missouri Court of Appeals panel sided Tuesday with Michael L. Johnson’s claim that the St. Charles…
WASHINGTON (AP) – First lady Michelle Obama tells Oprah Winfrey that this past election was “painful.” Mrs. Obama sat down with Winfrey at the White House for an hourlong special that was broadcast Monday on CBS. On the topic of the recent campaign she said: “This past election was challenging for me as a citizen…
FLINT, Mich. (AP) – More charges have been filed by Michigan’s attorney general in the investigation into the lead-tainted water crisis in Flint, Michigan, including against two former state-appointed emergency managers. Attorney General Bill Schuette on Tuesday charged former emergency managers Darnell Earley and Gerald Ambrose with multiple 20-year felonies for their failure to protect…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Documents obtained by the Columbia Daily Tribune show 16 students who drank at University of Missouri fraternities were taken to hospitals for alcohol poisoning since August 2015. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports those incidents include cases reported to the university police department or the Department of Student Life. Records show six…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The dangerous wintry mix that settled over Missouri during the weekend is gone, but bitter cold on Monday forced dozens of schools to call off classes and made venturing outdoors miserable. Parts of the state awoke to temperatures below zero Monday morning, and readings most everywhere else were in single digits.…