KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri has had only two Republican secretaries of state since World War II, and both had the last name of Blunt. The GOP is poised to make a strong run at changing that pattern this year, especially if voters also embrace the concept that people should be required to show…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Nearly four years after a robbery in St. Louis, the case is now considered a homicide. Christopher Dutton of Warrenton was shot while being robbed on Aug. 9, 2012. He died in March. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that new autopsy results show he died from “pneumonia due to a gunshot…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) – U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) is fed up with Missouri legislators failing to put a prescription drug monitoring system in place to curb abuse and reduce overdose deaths. “They have once again, I think for the fifth or sixth time this session, refused to take this basic step,” she said at the…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Religious leaders are teaming up to fight a proposed St. Louis measure pertaining to vending they claim would make it illegal to help the homeless. On Thursday they gathered for a luncheon followed by a press conference at Transformation Christian Church in north St. Louis to discuss Board Bill 66. Reverend…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Steps are being taken to protect St. Louis residents from the extreme heat. Beginning Thursday, teams from several city departments will go door-to-door to check on those most at risk, including the elderly and disabled. Mayor Francis Slay sent a voice recording to elderly and at-risk residents listed on the City’s Functional…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A plan to open a 24-hour homeless shelter north of downtown St. Louis is being put on hold. On Wednesday, a three member financial board, which consists of Mayor Francis Slay, Comptroller Darlene Green, and Board of Aldermen PresidentLewis Reed, failed to approve a contract for the Biddle House. This was…
