JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Republican Missouri lawmaker says he has a solution to end tense debates over same-sex marriage. Rep. T.J. Berry wants to take government out of marriage and leave it to houses of worship by classifying such legal partnerships as domestic unions. His bill, pre-filed ahead of the 2017 legislative session,…
The Missouri Attorney General’s Office will handle the murder retrial of Reginald Clemons. A circuit judge made that ruling on Thursday, just one day after St. Louis Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce argued for the state to take over the case. Clemons was one of four men convicted in the 1991 murders of sisters Robin and…
LEBANON, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Department of Conservation says a beetle that is fatal to ash trees has spread to southwest Missouri. The department says the emerald ash borer was recently found in Laclede County. It is the first time the insect was found in southwest Missouri. It has now been found in 31…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The temporary Illinois budget plan agreed to last summer expires with the new year. Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democrats who control the General Assembly have hardly talked about how to replace it. Elementary and high school funding continues through June. Billions more gets spent because it’s court-ordered or is automatically…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A suburban St. Louis man has been charged in a murder-for-hire plot. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that court documents say 51-year-old Willie Jackson, of Florissant, wanted the “victim tied up, beaten and left for dead.” He was arraigned Tuesday on charges of second-degree attempted murder and violating an order of…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Republican Missouri lawmaker says he has a solution to end tense debates over same-sex marriage. Rep. T.J. Berry wants to take government out of marriage and leave it to houses of worship by classifying such legal partnerships as domestic unions. His bill, pre-filed ahead of the 2017 legislative session,…
( KTRS ) Authorities are investigating after a woman was shot in the face. Police say the incident happened just after 4:40pm Thursday afternoon in the 4000 block of Delmar. The woman’s current condition is unknown at this time. No further details have been released.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) – A new study by Washington University in St. Louis researchers has found that current safety standards to protect welders from harmful fumes may be inadequate. Dr. Brad A. Racette, senior author of the study, tells the St. Louis Post-Dispatch the research showed that the more exposure one had to airborne manganese,…
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama has imposed sanctions on Russian officials and intelligence services in retaliation for Russia’s interference in the U.S. presidential election by hacking American political sites and email accounts. The State Department also has kicked out 35 Russian diplomats from its embassy in Washington and consulate in San Francisco, giving them…