ST. LOUIS (AP) – Two men have pleaded guilty to the $2 million robbery of an armored car, an inside job believed to be one of the biggest cash heists ever in St. Louis. Charles Johnson pleaded guilty Thursday, and Shayne Kier Jones, pleaded guilty Tuesday, both to federal conspiracy charges. Sentencing is in March.…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Supreme Court has struck down a law that denies bail to criminal defendants who cannot prove they are legally present in the U.S. The unanimous decision Thursday comes in the case of a man who was charged with a felony for possessing a forged Social Security card. Faustino…
( KTRS ) Two people were shot while driving Thursday night, leading to a car accident that left one woman dead and a man in critical condition. Police say the victims’ car overturned on the driver’s side after it crashed through an iron fence on Caroline Street near Ohio Avenue. Multiple bullet holes were found…
( KTRS ) Police are investigating a late night shooting. Authorities say the shooting happened in the 4600 block of Chippewa around 10:30pm Thursday night. One man was shot in the back, he was responsive and breathing when officers arrived on the scene. At this time no further details have been released.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s Republican Gov.-elect Eric Greitens spent more on his campaign than what’s been spent total on any other gubernatorial race in state history. Campaign finance records released Thursday show Greitens spent more than $28.7 million during a race that broke records for its price tag. That’s about $1 million more…
(AP ) – Former astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn has died in Ohio. He was 95. Glenn became a national hero in 1962 when he became the first American to orbit the Earth. Hank Wilson with the John Glenn School of Public Affairs says Glenn died Thursday afternoon at the James Cancer Hospital in Columbus.…
(KTRS) – A fire on the campus of the University of Missouri Science and Technology forced evacuations today. The fire is in an air conditioning until at Emerson Hall and the Electrical Engineering building. The fire is under control, but still burning. There were no injuries reported.
Wednesday was the last day donors could cut six-figure checks to candidates before new campaign contribution limits kicked in
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – An Ohio House committee has voted to pass a bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks. The committee voted Wednesday night to pass the ban, which now heads to the full House for consideration Thursday. That follows House approval Tuesday night of the so-called heartbeat bill, which would prohibit abortions…
FOWLERVILLE, Mich. (AP) – Authorities say at least two people have died and others are hurt following a 30-vehicle pileup on a snowy, icy Michigan interstate near the state capital of Lansing. Michigan State Police are blaming slippery conditions for the Thursday morning crash on I-96 near Fowlerville. The pileup forced the closure of the…