ST. LOUIS (AP) — Actress Ellie Kemper has apologized for participating in a debutante ball hosted by a St. Louis organization that she now says had “an unquestionably racist, sexist and elitist past.” The 41-year-old St. Louis native and star of TV’s “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” was criticized on Twitter after it was revealed that when…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A former Democratic St. Louis County executive has been released from prison after serving less than two years of a nearly four-year sentence on corruption charges. A court official confirmed to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that Steve Stenger is under house arrest after serving at a federal prison camp in Yankton,…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri is the last state to adopt a statewide prescription drug database to flag possible opioid misuse. Republican Gov. Mike Parson on Monday signed the bill into law. The law enables a statewide database to provide doctors and pharmacists with a patient’s prescription history. The goal is to help medical…
(AP) — A Tennessee woman is jailed without bond in Missouri for allegedly firing a gun into an SUV with four children inside in an alleged road rage incident. Authorities say 22-year-old Shanyka K. Fouche of Memphis was charged Saturday in Jefferson County, near St. Louis, with several counts. The incident happened Friday on Interstate…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois lawmakers approved election changes before adjournment last month, but many continue or expand existing practices or those put in place last year to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. They stand in sharp contrast to the restrictions on voting adopted or under consideration in Republican-controlled legislatures such as those in Texas…
PEVELY, Mo. (AP) — Police have taken two suspects into custody for allegedly shooting at a car with a family of six and injuring one in the St. Louis area. Pevely Police Chief Alan Eickhoff told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that the shooting occurred Friday as both vehicles traveled north on I-55. Eickhoff says someone…
(AP) — Missouri Auditor Nicole Galloway, the only statewide Democratic officeholder, won’t seek reelection in 2022. Galloway announced her decision Friday on Twitter. She called serving as state auditor “the honor of my life,” but wrote that she is ready “for the next chapter of service and life with my family.” Galloway was appointed auditor…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s first-ever bear hunt is drawing plenty of interest. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Thursday that 6,335 people applied for one of the 400 permits the Missouri Department of Conservation will issue for a harvest of 40 bears. Winners of a random drawing of eligible applicants will be determined by…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Get the shot, then relax with a shot, or a beer. That’s the incentive for people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 under legislation Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed Wednesday. The plan was sponsored by Rep. Mike Zalewski of Riverside and Sen. Sara Feigenholtz of Chicago, both Democrats. It intends to draw customers…
(AP) — Two neighboring counties in rural northern Missouri are seeing big increases in COVID-19 cases, spikes blamed in part on new variants of the virus, and in part on the behavior of residents. Health officials in Linn and Livingston counties are urging precautions to slow the spread of the virus, though they’re not certain…