JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers have passed a bill to expand treatment courts. Senators voted 29-0 in favor of the bill during a special session Friday. The bill now heads to Gov. Mike Parson. Lawmakers passed a wide-ranging bill with a similar provision during their annual legislative session that ended in May. But…
(KTRS) A Jefferson County Missouri man is killed after he runs his Honda three wheeler off the road and into a tree. The Missouri Highway Patrol says 44 year-old Jason T. Thorne, of Imperial, was in the 39 hundred block of West Waller Wednesday morning when he left the roadway and crashed. Thorne was pronounced…
BALLWIN, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a man has been arrested after a video showed him speeding through a yard and around a school bus that had its stop-sign arm extended as children boarded the bus near a suburban St. Louis elementary school. Police say the 52-year-old man blamed a mechanical failure for swerving around…
Ballwin, MO (KTRS) – Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley is on the campaign trail, stopping Thursday in Ballwin after his event in Cape Girardeau with President Trump was cancelled. One of the topics Hawley was asked about by reporters was his investigation into the Offsets in Mine La Motte. Hawley stated, “One of the biggest…
Ferguson, MO (KTRS) Construction is underway for a new teen center in Ferguson. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis held a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday morning on Teen Center of Excellence.The $12.4 million facility along West Florissant will offer afterschool and summer programs to teens and youth in the north county area.It will…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri state Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal has been fined $15,000 for violating federal campaign law in her 2016 primary challenge of U.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Democrat from the St. Louis suburb of University City signed a “conciliation agreement” this summer with the Federal Election Commission…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Two people are hospitalized after a shooting a MetroLink station. Police say the victims were shot around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Delmar Loop MetroLink station. Both of the victims were conscious and breathing when transported to the hospital. There’s no word of any arrests or a motive.
A man is murdered during a home invasion overnight. Northwoods Interim Police Chief John Buchannan says a 69-year-old man was fatally shot after his front door was kicked in. This happened at 4312 Edgewood around 1 a.m.. There was also a woman and child inside the home but they were unharmed. Buchannan says they are…
HARRISONVILLE, Mo. (AP) — A 10-year-old Missouri boy is recovering after he was attacked by insects and tumbled from a tree, landing on a meat skewer that penetrated his skull from his face to the back of his head. But miraculously, that’s where Xavier Cunningham’s bad luck ended. The skewer had completely missed Xavier’s eye,…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s U.S. Senate candidates Democrat Claire McCaskill and Republican Josh Hawley have released their 2017 tax returns. The candidates released their taxes Wednesday. McCaskill filed separately from her husband, wealthy businessman Joseph Shepard. McCaskill’s return shows she brought in a roughly $86,000 pension on top of her $174,000 salary. She…