JEFFERSON CITY (KTRS)Â Both the St. Louis circuit attorney’s office and the state of Missouri are investigating The Mission Continues … the charity founded by Missouri Governor Eric Greitens. At issue is whether donor lists for the charity were used for Greitens’ gubernatorial campaign in violation of federal law. Earlier today, Attorney General Josh Hawley, a…
By THOMAS ADAMSON, SAMUEL PETREQUIN and RENATA BRITO, Associated Press TREBES, France (AP) — A gun-wielding extremist went on a rampage Friday in a quiet corner of southern France, killing three people as he hijacked a car, opened fire on police and took hostages in a supermarket, where panicked shoppers hid in a meat locker or…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis’ top prosecutor is asking a judge to disqualify the law firm representing Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens in his criminal case. In a court filing Friday, Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner says the Dowd Bennett law firm simultaneously worked both for and against the state. Greitens was indicted by a…
By ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration announced criminal charges and sanctions Friday against Iranians accused in a hacking scheme to pilfer sensitive information from hundreds of universities, private companies and American government agencies. The nine defendants, accused of working at the behest of the Iranian government-tied Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, hacked…
By LISA MASCARO, ALAN FRAM and CATHERINE LUCEY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump threw the massive spending bill into doubt Friday, saying he was “considering” a veto of the $1.3 trillion plan over concerns about young “Dreamer” immigrants and border wall money. Hours before funding for the government expires, Trump said on Twitter…
St. Louis County, MOÂ (KTRS)Â Â Police have released a list of locations where young girls were photographed in bathroom stalls in the St. Louis area. This comes after the arrests of Heather McDorman and Zachary Hamby for allegedly photographing an 11-year-old girl in a South County Mall bathroom on March 12th. Detectives have identified specific times…
By JILL COLVIN, CATHERINE LUCEY and KEN THOMAS, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is replacing national security adviser H.R. McMaster with the former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, injecting a hawkish foreign policy voice into his administration ahead of key decisions on Iran and North Korea. Trump tweeted Thursday that McMaster has done “an…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The ex-husband of the woman who had an affair with Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is seeking an order for protection from the governor. The motion filed Thursday does not allege any threats from Greitens, but says that the man feels intimidated in part because the governor is a retired Navy SEAL…
St. Louis, MO Â (KTRS) Â There’s a new initiative for Missouri’s small business community. On Thursday, State Treasurer Eric Schmitt joined business and finance leaders at the St. Louis Regional Chamber of Commerce to launch the Missouri FIRST (Financing Investment in our Rural, Small Business and Technology communities) program, which revamps the state’s linked deposit program.…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — The head judge in St. Louis County has ruled that the public defender’s office has too many cases to effectively represent their clients and ordered a wait list. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the order Judge Douglas Beach issued Monday also seeks to have private lawyers take on some low-level…