By DAVID A. LIEB and BLAKE NELSON , Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers will convene in an historic special session later this month to consider impeaching Republican Gov. Eric Greitens following allegations of sexual misconduct and misuse of charity resources for his political campaign. Republican House and Senate leaders said Thursday…
HILLSBORO, Mo. (AP) — A Jefferson County man is accused trying to set his house on fire and taking two hostages at knifepoint. Investigators say Kylie Kunzie called 911 to report a fire in his home Wednesday morning. They say he called again minutes later saying he was at a nearby home and holding a…
By JIM SALTER , Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Video cameras will not be allowed in the courtroom when Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens goes to trial later this month, a judge ruled Thursday. St. Louis Circuit Judge Rex Burlison turned down a request from a lawyer working on behalf of several media outlets, citing…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) A suspect is being sought in connection with a bank robbery in north county. Police say a man held up U.S. Bank in the 2800 block of Netherton around 3 p.m. According to the investigation, the suspect.approached a bank teller and passed a note and implied a firearm. The suspect took…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A child is dead following a shooting in north St. Louis. Police say the 14-year-old boy was shot inside of a home along the 1200 block of North Euclid at just after 5 p.m. Wednesday. He died after being taken to an area hospital. The victim’s name hasn’t been released. There’s…
By DAVID A. LIEB, SUMMER BALLENTINE and BLAKE NELSON , Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A former campaign aide to Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens testified that he was duped into taking the fall when the governor’s campaign was trying to explain how it had gotten a list of top donors to a veterans’…
JEFFERSON CITY (KTRS) A bipartisan report from a Missouri legislative committee concludes Governor Eric Greitens lied about the use of a nonprofit donors list for his 2016 campaign. The report says Greitens signed an agreement in 2012 he would not disclose information from a donors list for the veterans charity he founded called The Mission Continues.…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) St. Louis Police say the suspect in Sunday night’s fatal shooting at Balpark Village – Scotty Joseph Lee – has turned himself in. On Twitter Wednesday morning, police confirmed he turned himself in to the homicide division at police headquarters downtown. A warrant charging him with first-degree murder, assault and two armed criminal…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri has sent troops to Arizona to assist with border security. Four soldiers in Missouri’s National Guard and a UH-72 Lakota helicopter deployed Tuesday, according to a statement from Gov. Eric Greitens. The statement says the soldiers will provide aerial surveillance, and will not directly participate in law enforcement. In…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ attorneys have suggested a “political operative” was behind the release to the media of a recorded conversation between a woman and her then-husband in which she graphically describes her affair with the future governor. Now the defense believes a new revelation in the criminal case that spun…