Pevely, MO (KTRS)Â Â An Endangered Person Advisory is in effect for a missing Jefferson County baby. Police say 7-month-old Aubrey Gardner is believed to be with her non-custodial biological father, 29-year-old Dalton Gardner. The baby girl was last seen at her mother’s home in Pevely Monday morning. Dalton Gardner is described as a white male, 5’10”,…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — An attorney for Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is urging the state’s attorney general to recuse his office from an investigation of a veterans charity founded by the governor. In a letter written Monday and obtained by The Associated Press, attorney Edward L. Dowd Jr. raised concerns over Josh Hawley’s comment last…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A top official with the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office says the “egregious mistakes” of the man hired to investigate Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens should not prompt dismissal of the indictment against the governor. In a court hearing Monday in Greitens felony invasion-of-privacy case, Chief Trial Assistant Robert Dierker admitted that…
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court has for the second time rejected an appeal by imprisoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich of his convictions on corruption charges. The justices did not comment Monday in letting stand the convictions and 14-year prison term that Blagojevich is serving. He’s scheduled to be released in 2024. Blagojevich’s lawyers…
By BLAKE NELSON , Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Senate is considering a bill that would extend Medicaid for new mothers struggling with addiction, a notable expansion for a state that did not expand Medicaid after the Affordable Care Act passed in 2010. Missouri’s Medicaid now covers substance abuse programs for…
DAWSON, Mo. (AP) — The National Weather Service says two tornadoes hit sparsely-populated rural areas of Wright County in southern Missouri as strong storms raked states from Texas north to Iowa. Springfield television station KOLR reports that the tornadoes hit Friday night. The first was spotted around 7 p.m. near Macomb and was estimated to…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS)  A judge’s ruling on a request to dismiss an invasion of privacy indictment of Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens stemming from an extramarital affair won’t happen before next week. St. Louis Circuit Judge Rex Burlison says he would not rule Friday or this weekend. Burlison says he will provide advance notice of any…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A judge’s ruling on a request to dismiss an invasion of privacy indictment of Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens stemming from an extramarital affair won’t happen before next week. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that St. Louis Circuit Judge Rex Burlison says he would not rule Friday or this weekend. Burlison…
Madison County, ILÂ (KTRS)Â Â A man suspected in the 2010 disappearance of an Alton woman is now facing charges in her murder. Fifty-two-year-old Roger Carroll of Jerseyville charged on Thursday with first-degree murder and concealing a homicide in the death of 48-year-old Bonnie Woodward. The charges allege Carroll shot Woodward on the day she disappeared and…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner says claims by Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ attorneys that she purposefully hid evidence are an unwarranted attempt to distract from a pending criminal case against the governor. Greitens’ attorneys on Thursday accused Gardner of misconduct for withholding a videotaped interview of a woman with…