JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) — Missouri Highway Patrol Superintendent Col. Sandra Karsten is retiring and will take on a job leading the state Public Safety Department. Karsten on Friday announced she will retire from the Highway Patrol Sept. 1. She will take over as acting public safety director when current Director Drew Juden steps down…
SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) — Gov. Bruce Rauner calls him “one of the youngest, most effective lobbyists” in Illinois. Hunter Martin’s two-year lobbying effort ended this week when the Republican governor signed a law requiring insurance companies to pay for replacement hearing aids every three yearsfor children under 18. The (Springfield) State Journal-Register reports that the 10-year-old Hunter lost…
CHICAGO, IL (AP) — Illinois’ attorney general is planning to meet with Chicago Archdiocese officials to discuss seven priests with links to the state who were included in a scathing Pennsylvania grand jury report on clergy sex abuse. The report released this month found that about 300 Catholic priests abused at least 1,000 children over the past…
CHICAGO, IL (AP) — Federal health officials say they’ve confirmed more than 500 cases of people who became sick with an intestinal illness after eating McDonald’s salads. The illnesses reported earlier this year are linked to the cyclospora parasite, which can cause diarrhea, intestinal pain, nausea or fatigue. The Food and Drug Administration said Friday…
Jennings, MO (KTRS) A Jennings man is facing charges in the beating death of his girlfriend’s five-year-old daughter. Twenty-eight-year-old Adrian Mobley is charged on several counts, including first-degree murder in the death of A’Yonna Milton. Authorities say Mobley repeatedly hit the child in the head, chest, and abdomen. She was taken to an area hospital…
Berkeley, MO (KTRS) An Endangered Silver Advisory is in effect for a missing elderly woman from Berkeley. Police say 70-year-old Tryvania Thompson, who suffers from memory loss, hasn’t been seen since early Thursday morning. According to the investigation, Thompson went to bed Wednesday night and is believed to have left the home on foot sometime before…
Brentwood, MO (KTRS) An Endangered Silver Advisory is in effect for missing elderly woman from Brentwood. Police say 83-year-old Barbara Dunphy hasn’t been heard from since Thursday afternoon. Dunphy, who suffers from dementia, is believed to have left her residence her blue 2005 Toyota Highlander. Dunphy is described as white, 5 feet 5 inches in…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley says the Archdiocese of St. Louis has agreed to open its files for an investigation of potential clergy abuse. Hawley told reporters in a teleconference Thursday that he is asking the three other Catholic dioceses in Missouri to similarly open their files. Representative of the Diocese…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri mother has been charged with accepting money and cocaine in exchange for letting men sexually assault her 14-year-old daughter who authorities say has cerebral palsy and the mental capacity of a 2- to 3-year-old. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that 49-year-old Renee Collins, of Columbia, was charged Tuesday with…
St.Louis, MO (KTRS) Auditor Nicole Galloway released not so favorable results from an audit on Community Improvement Districts. Galloway released those findings during a Thursday morning news conference in downtown St. Louis. The audit showed what Galloway called “a pattern self dealing and lack of accountability.: “Taxpayers are on the hook for billions in project costs…