By JIM SALTER, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Attorneys for Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens are conducting a “smear campaign” against a woman with whom he had an affair as he awaits trial next month on allegations that he took and transmitted a nonconsensual photo of the woman while she was partially nude, the woman’s attorney…
CHICAGO (AP) — Sen. Tammy Duckworth has given birth to a baby girl, making her the first U.S. senator to give birth while in office. The Illinois Democrat announced she delivered her second daughter, Maile (MY-lee) Pearl Bowlsbey, on Monday. Her office says Duckworth is recovering well and asked for privacy. Duckworth, a 50-year-old veteran…
BRANSON, Mo. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the deaths of four people at a southwest Missouri home as a murder-suicide. Stone County Sheriff Doug Rader says those found dead Monday afternoon at the home south of Branson West were a 47-year-old man, a 44-year-old woman, a 75-year-old woman and a 17-year-old boy. Their names haven’t…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A spokeswoman for Democratic Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill’s campaign says she raised roughly $3.9 million for her re-election bid in recent months. Spokeswoman Meira Bernstein on Monday announced the campaign’s latest fundraising results. McCaskill ended 2017 with more than $9 million to spend on her re-election bid. After recent fundraising…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Attorneys defending Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens against an invasion-of-privacy charge are raising doubts about the testimony of a woman with whom he had an affair. In a court filing dated Sunday, Greitens’ attorneys say the woman testified she never saw Greitens with a camera or phone on the day he…
Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) Missouri’s First Lady Sheena Greitens claims she was cyberstalked by the ex-husband of the former mistress with whom her husband had an affair. The St. Louis Post Dispatch reports that Sheena Greitens sent a letter to the state legislative committee that is investigating her husband. The Washington Examiner has obtained a copy…
Clatyon, MO (KTRS) Classes are canceled at Clayton High School today amid a threat. School officials say on Sunday night they became aware of a threat made on Snapchat. Clayton Police have been investigating the threat throughout the night. The following message was posted on the school’s website: Last night we became aware of a Snapchat…
Troy, MO (KTRS) A man is dead after a brick from another vehicle smashed through his windshield in Lincoln County. The Missouri Highway Patrol reports that 73-year-old Frederick Lueck was driving eastbound on Highway 47 near Giles Road in Troy on Saturday night. An unknown vehicle was traveling westbound on Highway 47 when a brick came…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ Illinois officials expect to receive $13 million in federal funds to help update aging voting machines across the state. The money is part of a $380 million congressional influx to prevent a repeat of Russian interference in the 2016 elections. Local officials report that machinery bought more than a decade ago…
By MARGARET STAFFORD, Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ personal attorney is asking a state House committee investigating Greitens’ actions during an extramarital affair to delay the release of its findings, saying an ongoing criminal investigation is likely to uncover information that will make the report inaccurate. In a letter sent…