BETHANY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Humane Society says it rescued 16 horses but 11 other horses were found dead on a property in Harrison County. The organization said in a news release that the Harrison County Sheriff’s office contacted them after visiting the property early this week and finding 11 horses dead and decaying.…
By MARGARET STAFFORD , Associated Press . KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Charges have been filed against the captain of a tourist boat that sank in a southwest Missouri lake in July and killed 17 people, including nine members of an Indiana family, federal prosecutors said Thursday. A federal indictment shows 51-year-old Kenneth Scott McKee…
By Glenn Fuselier (KTRS) St. Louis Police are seeking help in identifying a young girl seen leaving a house where a man’s body was found on the porch in Central St. Louis County. Police say another man was found Critically shot inside the house on Leisure Lane. He was taken to the hospital and is…
By JIM SALTER , Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri has joined the long list of states allowing medical marijuana, but it’ll likely be late next year at the earliest before people with cancer, HIV and other serious ailments will be able to obtain it. Missouri became the 31st state to approve medical marijuana…
JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) — Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley achieved a long-sought GOP victory in unseating Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill on Tuesday, strengthening Republican control of the state and delivering a win for President Donald Trump. Trump, who won Missouri by nearly 19 percentage points in 2016, personally campaigned for Hawley twice in the…
CHICAGO, IL (AP) — Democrats dominated in Illinois on Tuesday, winning all statewide offices and flipping two Republican-held congressional seats, including one that’s been in GOP hands for decades. Billionaire businessman J.B. Pritzker defeated Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, who conceded the race less than an hour after polls closed, while Democratic state Sen. Kwame Raoul topped…
CHICAGO, IL (AP) — Missouri voters who cast ballots in the midterm election were divided over the nation’s direction, according to a wide-ranging survey of the American electorate. As voters selected members of the U.S. Senate and Congress during Tuesday’s elections, AP VoteCast found that about half of Missouri voters said the country is on…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) It’s an end of an era after Senator Claire McCaskill lost her bid for re-election to the U.S. Senate. The Democratic lawmaker from Missouri was defeated by Republican challenger, Attorney General Josh Hawley. During her concession speech, McCaskill appeared upbeat. “I know my mouth gets me into trouble and I’ve had…
By SUMMER BALLENTINE , Associated Press St. Louis, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill conceded defeat on Tuesday in St. Louis to state Attorney General Josh Hawley, handing Republicans a Senate seat President Donald Trump personally campaigned for twice in the week before Election Day. Hawley, 38, tied his campaign closely to the president.…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — Democrat William Lacy Clay elected to 10th term in Congress representing St. Louis-centered district.