A Missouri lawmaker is asking Gov. Mike Parson to prevent the state from reinstalling a statue of a Roman goddess on the dome of the state Capitol. Rep. Mike Moon, a Republican from Ash Grove, says in a letter to the governor that the statue of Ceres is a “false god” and should not be…
Two of nearly two dozen St. Louis police officers accused this summer by a watchdog group of posting objectionable Facebook messages have been fired. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Sgt. Ronald Hasty and Detective Thomas Mabrey are appealing. They were among 22 active St. Louis officers connected to social media posts considered racist, violent…
St. Louis, MO (AP) Government funding for Planned Parenthood is at stake in a lawsuit before the Missouri Supreme Court. State attorneys on Tuesday will ask Supreme Court judges to back the Republican-led Legislature’s decision to block funding from going to Planned Parenthood clinics. A lower court previously ruled that the move was unconstitutional. Planned…
Relatives of a missing Missouri mother say they are growing increasingly concerned after deputies found the woman’s phone, backpack and shoes. The items were discovered Thursday within 100 yards of the Bates County home of 36-year-old Nicole Mallatt, who went missing two days before Thanksgiving. Her mother, Debbie Lewis, said her daughter had been planning a…
Authorities say a second man has died after a shooting last month in St. Louis. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that police said Wednesday that 30-year-old Christopher Jackson had died of injuries sustained in the Nov. 19 shooting. The other victim, 45-year-old Kenneth O’Kelley, died the day of the shooting. Forty-four-year-old old Cochee Hurn is…
Washington, D.C. (AP) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that the House is moving forward to draft articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. Pelosi delivered the historic announcement Thursday from the speaker’s offices at the Capitol. Trump, meanwhile, tweeted that if Democrats are going to impeach him, he wants them to “do it now, fast”‘…
FARMINGTON, MO (AP) — A Missouri man has been sentenced to probation for hiding his mom’s corpse in a makeshift coffin and wooden vault in a storage shed after she died of what appear to be natural causes. The Daily Journal reports that 52-year-old Nicholas McClure, of Farmington, also was ordered to complete 40 hours of community…
JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) — After a couple years of robust tax collections, states across the U.S. are better prepared than ever to weather a potential recession, according to a report released Monday that examines states’ savings. The good news in the report from Moody’s Analytics is tempered by the reality that one-fifth of all…
Chesterfield, MO (KTRS) Chesterfield Police need the public’s help in finding a suspect wanted in jewelry theft at Macy’s and an arson at Target. According to investigators, the suspect is believed to have taken up to $50,000 worth of jewelry from Macy’s at Chesterfield Mall on Saturday. Police say this same suspect was also seen…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri officials are buying a piece of equipment that simulates the experience of being in an earthquake to prepare residents for a big tremblor in a region that saw one of the most powerful earthquakes east of the Rocky Mountains in the 1800s. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the…