By STEVE PEOPLES , Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri on Saturday defended her vote against President Donald Trump’s pick for CIA director but said the specific reasons were classified. McCaskill was one of the few Democrats facing a difficult re-election this fall to oppose the nomination of…
CAMDEN, Mo. (AP) — Three people are dead and two others are injured after a boat crash on Lake of the Ozarks. The Missouri Highway Patrol reports the accident happened at just before 2 a.m. Saturday. The bodies of the three victims were recovered around noon. Investigators say the crash is believed to have happened…
By DAVID A. LIEB , Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers opened a historic special session Friday to consider whether to impeach Gov. Eric Greitens for a variety of allegations ranging from sexual misconduct to misuse of a veterans’ charity donor list for his political campaign. It marked the first time Missouri…
By DAVID A. LIEB , Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri prosecutor said Friday that he won’t be filing any charges against Gov. Eric Greitens for the way his campaign reported the receipt of a charity donor list used for political fundraising. The decision by Cole County Prosecutor Mark Richardson marked a…
Riverview, MO (KTRS) An elderly man is hospitalized after being rescued overnight from his burning north county home. Firefighters were called to the fire at a home on Longridge Drive in Riverview at just after midnight Friday. Authorities say the elderly man was trapped in a back bedroom when firefighters arrived. Two firefighters went in…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A campaign attorney for Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is suggesting a former aide took a donor list of a veterans’ charity and shared it with a political group opposing Greitens. The allegation made Thursday by attorney Catherine Hanaway seeks to turn around allegations that Greitens used a donor list of…
QUINCY, Ill. (AP) — Gov. Bruce Rauner says the state will spend about $3 million to help build a new water source in a western Illinois community where Legionnaires’ disease has contributed to the deaths of 13 residents of a state veteran’s home. Rauner said Wednesday Illinois will split the cost with the city of…
St. Charles County, MO (KTRS) The Missouri Highway Patrol is investigating after a pedestrian was struck and killed by a police cruiser in St. Charles County. Investigators say at just after 10 p.m.Wednesday, the St. Charles County Police officer was traveling westbound on Interstate 70 in his patrol vehicle when he struck a pedestrian walking…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Legislature has approved a bill aimed at directing more people away from prisons and toward treatment programs. The bill, approved by the House Wednesday 138-11, creates a pilot program in Butler, Buchanan, and Boone counties to treat people struggling with addiction who might otherwise be incarcerated. The bill…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Attorneys for Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens want to be able to publicly question a woman with whom he had an affair, as well as any other witnesses whose testimony could be used to try to impeach him. Lawyers representing Greitens’ office engaged in a sometimes tense and confrontational discussion Wednesday…