(KTRS) St. Louis MO Expect longer voter lines Tuesday in this year’s mid-term elections. Election officials are preparing for the greater turnout. There are 52 issues to vote on this Ballot. Election officials say they are worried about long lines and reportedly are going to have more volunteers on staff. They say they will have…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri election officials are expecting voter turnout in Tuesday’s midterm election to be the highest in more than two decades. Estimates submitted to the state by local election officials project that nearly 2.3 million people will cast ballots. That would equal almost 55 percent of registered voters. The last presidential…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A caregiver has been arrested in the death of a 4-year-old Missouri boy whose body was found almost a week after she reported him missing. Jefferson City police said in a news release Wednesday that 26-year-old Quatavia Givens has been booked into jail on suspicion of first-degree child abuse resulting…
KANSAS CITY, MO (AP) — There was a sigh of relief after police recovered a giant inflatable colon that is used to teach about the dangers of colon cancer. Police in Kansas City, Missouri, announced on Twitter Tuesday that a tip led officers to locate the “pilfered intestine” inside a vacant house. The 10-foot (3-meter), 150-pound (68-kilogram)…
JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) — A vegetarian food-maker has asked a federal judge to issue a preliminary injunction against a Missouri law making it a misdemeanor crime to promote products as “meat” that aren’t made from livestock or poultry. The Oregon-based Tofurky Co. claims the Missouri law infringes on its constitutional free speech rights to…
JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) — Missouri’s Republican U.S. Senate candidate Josh Hawley isn’t saying whether he supports President Donald Trump’s calls to end the right to citizenship for babies born to non-U.S. citizens on American soil, but says he opposes “chain migration.” Hawley didn’t directly respond to reporters’ questions Wednesday on whether he agrees with…
SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) — Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White is urging motorists to slow down and use caution as children take to the streets for Halloween trick-or-treating. White says five people died in Illinois automobile accidents the past two Halloweens. He reminded motorists Tuesday that pint-sized ghosts, witches and skeletons will be out and…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) – The co-owner of a Kansas water park who is accused in the decapitation death of a 10-year-old boy has been charged with drug possession and hiring someone for sex. The Kansas City Star reports that Schlitterbahn co-owner Jeff Henry surrendered to authorities in Kansas on Monday and was released on…
Two teenagers are charged in juvenile court with Monday’s murder and attempted robbery of retired St. Louis police sergeant Ralph Harper. A 16-year-old boy was charged Tuesday with second-degree murder and attempted first-degree robbery. A 15-year-old boy faces the same charges plus tampering with a motor vehicle and resisting arrest. Visitation for Sgt. Harper will…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Two teenagers are in juvenile custody in connection with the murder of retired St. Louis Police Sergeant Ralph Harper. Police say the suspects are a 15-year old male and a 16-year old male. Their names are being withheld unless they are Certified as an Adult with warrants issued. A third teen, 17-year-old Julian…