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Missouri asks hunters in 7 counties should test for sick deer
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Department of Conservation is asking deer hunters in seven southwest and south-central counties to have any deer they harvest tested for chronic wasting disease. The department says more than 100 deer and elk in northwest Arkansas tested positive for the disease. The closest infected deer was less than…
Missouri House votes to override veto of voter photo ID bill
(KTRS) – The Missouri House voted to override Governor Jay Nixon’s veto of a bill that creates photo identification requirements for voters. The bill is part of a two-pronged approach to require ID’s at the polls. In November voters will cast ballots on an initiative that would put the requirements into effect. Supporters of the…
Cab driver shot and killed during attempted robbery
(KTRS) – St. Louis Police say that a cab driver was shot and killed during an attempted robbery. Officers found the driver’s body shortly after 10 a.m. in the Central West End near the intersection of Laclede and Kingshighway. Investigators say the driver had been shot in the head and was pronounced dead at the…
Appeals court to rehear Missouri execution drug dispute
ST. LOUIS (AP) – An appellate panel that ordered Missouri to reveal its supplier of lethal injection drugs is giving the state another chance to make its case to shield that information. In a federal lawsuit challenging Mississippi’s three-drug execution protocol, two death-row inmates have subpoenaed Missouri for details about the using the single sedative,…
Concealed gun bill draws lobbyists to Missouri
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Gun control advocates and gun rights supporters are fanning out through the Missouri Capitol, lobbying lawmakers on a bill that would allow most people to carry concealed weapons without needing permits. Missouri lawmakers are to consider Wednesday whether to override Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of the high-profile legislation. The National…
Mylan CEO to testify in hearing on EpiPen price increases
WASHINGTON (AP) – The head of Mylan will face lawmakers’ questions at a hearing next week on steep price hikes for the company’s life-saving EpiPen injector device. Mylan CEO Heather Bresch and officials from the Food and Drug Administration will testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The Republican chairman of the committee…
Ohio boy seen in car with passed-out adults gets new home
LISBON, Ohio (AP) – A 4-year-old Ohio boy pictured in police photos in the back seat of a car while his grandmother and her boyfriend were slumped over from a drug overdose is moving in with other relatives. Columbiana County Juvenile Court administrator Dane Walton tells The Associated Press that the boy’s great uncle and…