By DAVID A. LIEB , Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A lawyer for Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens argued Thursday that Attorney General Josh Hawley should be barred from investigating the governor because of critical comments that he suggested were partly motivated by Hawley’s candidacy for the U.S. Senate. During a court hearing, Greitens’…
Spanish Lake, MO (KTRS) Three people are dead and one is in critical condition following a shooting in Spanish Lake. Investigators say police were called late Wednesday night to a residence in the 1100 block of Northdale Drive for a report of a shooting. Upon arrival, they found a woman in the street suffering from a…
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — In a brief and subdued speech to hundreds of St. Louis area police officers, Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens praised law enforcement while making no reference to his own legal problems. Greitens spoke Wednesday at an annual breakfast of the St. Louis Area Police Chiefs Association. He told the officers that…
By JIM SALTER , Associated Press . ST. LOUIS (AP) — Authorities said Wednesday that a man confessed to knocking over about 120 headstones at a Jewish cemetery in University City last year and that it doesn’t seem to have been motivated by hatred. The vandalism at the Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri House is advancing a proposal to ban public contractors from protesting Israel. House lawmakers gave the bill initial approval in a voice vote Tuesday. If enacted, it would prohibit state and local governments from contracting with companies boycotting Israel. The bill is in response to an increasingly visible…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis Circuit Judge Rex Burlison is considering a request to disqualify St. Louis Prosecutors in the computer data tampering case against Governor Eric Greitens. During a Tuesday afternoon hearing, the Governor’s defense team argued that the special investigator, William Don Tisaby, who was hired by the Circuit Attorney lied repeatedly…
By JIM SALTER , Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The law firm representing the ex-husband of the woman who had an affair with Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens in 2015 received two anonymous $50,000 payments that went toward the man’s legal fees, the man’s attorney said Monday. Attorney Al Watkins, in an interview after a…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois public health officials say the state has received a major donation that will help those who have suffered severe bleeding as part of a deadly outbreak involving synthetic marijuana. The Illinois Department of Public Health on Monday said it will receive nearly 800,000 vitamin K tablets, which if taken over…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Judges have scheduled two hearings on Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ request to block those investigating his use of a charity donor list for his gubernatorial campaign. St. Louis Circuit Judge Rex Burlison is to hold a hearing Tuesday on Greitens’ request to disqualify St. Louis prosecutors from a felony case filed…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Attorneys for Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens say they will seek to disqualify prosecutors in the St. Louis circuit attorney’s office from a felony case involving the governor’s use of a charity donor list for his 2016 political campaign. Greitens was indicted in February on invasion of privacy for allegedly taking a…