Search continues for missing Missouri woman
TROY, Mo. (AP) – Crews continued searching for a Missouri woman after her husband was found shot to death of an apparent suicide. Lincoln County Sheriff’s Lt. Andy Binder also says a recording device belonging to Sussette Benhardt has led investigators “to conclude that she is a victim of assault by” her husband. The St. Louis…
Click appeals denial of Missouri unemployment benefits
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The University of Missouri is fighting a former assistant professor’s effort to collect unemployment benefits after she was fired for conduct during campus protests. Melissa Click, an assistant professor, was fired in February after a videotaped confrontation of her calling for “some muscle” to remove a student videographer from a protest…
Fentanyl worries changing way narcotics officers operate
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The street version of fentanyl blamed in the deaths of thousands of Americans is also threatening police officers, forcing changes in long-standing basics of drug investigations, from confiscations to testing to undercover operations. Overdose deaths have surged as drugs such as heroin, cocaine and counterfeit prescription pills are often laced with…
Missouri Gov. Nixon to veto gun rights bill
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon says he’ll veto a sweeping gun rights bill passed by the Republican-led Legislature. Nixon, a Democrat, told The Associated Press and St. Louis Post-Dispatch late Sunday he’ll veto the legislation Monday. The measure would allow most people to carry a concealed firearm, even if they haven’t…
St. Louis holds annual Pridefest parade in downtown
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Crowds lined the streets of downtown St. Louis for the 37th annual Pridefest parade. Mayor Francis Slay on Sunday walked in the lead of the parade, which also included the police chief, the fire chief, about 170 floats, drag queens and a marching band that played the Budweiser theme. Slay, who…