Jefferson City (KTRS) Once again this session, the Missouri legislature is set to strike down an ordinance the city of St. Louis passed. The Missouri House has passed a bill overturning a St. Louis ordinance that seeks to protect women who have abortions from workplace discrimination. The bill now moves to the Senate, where it is…
Kinloch, MO (KTRS) A body found in Kinloch in February has been positively identified as 25-year old Monica Sykes. She was reported missing from her Berkeley home in October 2016. A national search group, Texas Equi-search, joined volunteers and police last month and discovered the remains. Monica was reportedly last seen getting into a white…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Prosecutors say a Nigerian citizen living in St. Louis was part of a stolen identity fraud scheme that sought more than $12 million in refunds. A federal grand jury in St. Louis returned a superseding indictment Wednesday charging Kevin Kunlay Williams, also known as Kunlay Sodipo, with mail fraud, aggravated identity…
( KTRS ) Police are investigating after a 17 yr old boy was shot last night. A brief report says the shooting happened in the Tower Grove area, near the intersection of Gravois and Bamberger. The victim was reportedly shot in the legs and taken to hospital conscious and breathing. At this time no further…
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…