(AP) Opioid prescriptions are down significantly in Missouri’s Medicaid health care program. New figures show that the number of Medicaid participants receiving opioid prescriptions fell to fewer than 110,000 in 2019 — the second straight year with a 12% decline. Meanwhile, the number of pills prescribed to those people fell by 25% last year. State…
Springfield, IL (AP) Three people were killed when a small plane crashed in a field southeast of Springfield, Illinois. The Sangamon County Sheriff’s Department says the pilot of the twin-engine Piper Aerostar reported having trouble with the plane’s instruments prior to the crash. Springfield Airport Authority executive director Mark Hanna says the plane went down…
Jefferson City, MO (AP) Missouri officials say parents who no longer qualify for government health care but do not then sign up their children separately are partly to blame for the drop in children’s Medicaid coverage. Roughly 100,000 children lost coverage through the program between January 2018 and December 2019. Rep. David Wood says families…
Jefferson City, MO (AP) Missouri’s Republican-led state House has voted against the use of eminent domain for a large wind-energy power line. Lawmakers voted 118-42 Monday to prevent using eminent domain to acquire easement rights for the Grain Belt Express power line. The high-voltage power line is to carry wind energy from Kansas across Missouri…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police are investigating after a man is shot and killed in south city. The incident occurred shortly after 9 P.M. Monday in the 4000 block of McRee in the Botanical Heights neighborhood. That’s where officers responded to a shooting call, and found a man who was not conscious or breathing. He…
Jefferson City, MO (AP) Abortion is expected to play a key role in Missouri’s 2020 gubernatorial race. Republican Gov. Mike Parson is seeking to keep his seat. Democratic state Auditor Nicole Galloway wants to replace him. Parson has a big advantage over Galloway in the Republican-dominated state. But University of Central Missouri political scientist Robynn…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The Creve Coeur man accused of killing his wife then dumping her body in rural Lincoln County is expected to appear in court Monday. 28-year-old Beau Rothwell has a hearing Monday in the murder of his wife, 28-year-old Jennifer Rothwell. She was reported missing back on November 12th from the couples’…
(AP) A St. Louis County man is accused of shooting his wife and killing her father when the older man tried to intervene. Prosecutors on Friday charged James Kempf with second-degree murder, assault and two counts of armed criminal action. Police also identified the man killed as 66-year-old John Colter. Kempf remains on the loose.…
(KTRS) Ferguson Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a suspect following an early morning car theft and high speed chase that resulted in a collision with several vehicles including a school bus. After the collision, the three suspects fled the scene on foot near North Florissant Road and Suburban. Two of the…
St. Louis, MO (AP) Twenty of the top women’s hockey players in the world will be part of NHL All-Star Weekend. It’s the NHL’s most prominent move yet to promote the women’s game. But there’s still plenty of uncertainty about what it means for the future of women’s hockey. There’s an ongoing stalemate between the…