WEST PLAINS, Mo. (AP) – Authorities have identified a woman whose remains were found earlier this week in southwest Missouri. West Plains Police Department spokesman Ron Redfield told the Ozark Radio Network (http://j.mp/2bq4HlU ) that the victim has been identified as 35-year-old Terri Jean Wright. She was reported missing on August 9. A 63-year-old man,…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Efforts have been made to avoid the closure of some Girl Scout camps in Missouri The Kansas City Star reports that five camps in the Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland council were scheduled to close, but three have been rescued by local volunteers. Girl Scouts of America has lost…
CHICAGO (AP) – Four groups led by the American Civil Liberties Union are asking Walgreens for reassurance that the drugstore’s partnership with a Catholic system to run in-store clinics in the St. Louis area won’t limit access to birth control. SSM Health, a St. Louis-based Catholic system, owns 27 clinics in Walgreens stores in Missouri…
( KTRS ) Brentwood City officials are trying to get permit to expand sections of Deer Creek/Black Creek within the city limits. The city announced on it web site that officials have asked to Army Corp of Engineers for a permit to dredge the area where 30 properties were hit by the flooding this week.…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – There will be no jail time for 22 religious leaders convicted of trespassing for a 2014 protest in the Missouri Senate. Jurors on Thursday recommended the religious leaders be fined instead of sent to jail. The amount of the fine will be determined by Cole County Circuit Judge Dan Green…
(KTRS) – Wednesday the group that organizes Soulard’s Oktoberfest announced they were postponing the event this year. But Thursday, members of the Soulard Business Association say they want to make certain the party continues. The association said they worried that if the party did not happen this year, the event could die. The new organizers hope…
SEDALIA, Mo. (AP) – Republican and Democratic candidates at the top of Missouri’s ballot have gathered to shake hands with voters at the State Fair. Candidates for U.S. Senate, governor and top statewide elected seats converged Thursday under one tent during the Governor’s Ham Breakfast. Both gubernatorial candidates Democrat Attorney General Chris Koster and Republican…
(KTRS) – A report from this summer found lead contamination at a number of buildings in St. Louis Public Schools. The Post-Dispatch reports that parents of students at Meramec Elementary School got a letter saying multiple water fountains had been turned off due to lead level concerns, but the school said that information was incorrect…
The monument will remain closed on Thursday while repairs are made
Farmington, MO (KTRS) A county commissioner race in St. Francois Couny is getting a do-over after the contest ended in a tie. Initial results showed that incumbent District 1 Associate Commissioner Gay Wilkinson defeated challenger Linda Black by a single vote in the Republican primary, 1,588 to 1,587. Black requested a recount. Authorities say that…