St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The felony invasion of privacy case against Governor Eric Greitens is moving forward. In a packed courtroom on Thursday morning, Judge Rex Burlison denied a request by the Governor’s defense team to dismiss the indictment. He said In order to dismiss case,the defendant would have to be irreparably harmed. The judge…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Attorneys for Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens have asked a judge to block Attorney General Josh Hawley from any investigation or prosecution of the governor. A filing in Cole County Circuit Court says Hawley should be barred from any probe related to Greitens because the attorney general called on Greitens to…
By MICHAEL GRACZYK , Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — In his first public comments since his wife’s death, former President George H.W. Bush said Wednesday that he used to tease his spouse of 73 years that he had a complex about how much people liked her. That fact, he said, is buoyed by stories about Barbara…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s top Republican legislative leaders abandoned fellow GOP Gov. Eric Greitens on Tuesday, calling on him to resign instead of continuing to fight allegations that he illegally took advantage of both a charity he founded and a woman with whom he had an affair. Greitens quickly replied that he won’t…
BEIRUT (AP) — A United Nations official says a U.N. team on a security mission to the site of a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria was fired upon and had to return to its base in Damascus. The official, who was not authorized to speak on the record, said the shooting occurred during a…
HOUSTON (AP) — Former first lady Barbara Bush has died. She was 92. A family spokesman says she died Tuesday. The snowy-haired Mrs. Bush was one of only two first ladies who was also the mother of a president. The other was Abigail Adams, wife of John Adams and mother of John Quincy Adams. Mrs. Bush’s…
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Southwest Airlines jet blew an engine at 32,000 feet and got hit by shrapnel that smashed a window, setting off a desperate scramble by passengers to save a woman from getting sucked out. One person died and seven others were injured. Travelers said fellow passengers dragged the unidentified woman back in…
Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) Governor Eric Greitens is firing back at accusations of criminal wrongdoing with his charity, the Mission Continues. Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley announced during a press conference on Tuesday that his office has recovered evidence that Greitens may have broken the law. “Mr. Greitens obtained an electronic donor list created by…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley says his investigation into a veterans charity founded by Gov. Eric Greitens revealed evidence that Greitens’ use of the charity’s donor list broke the law. Hawley said Tuesday that it’s up to the St. Louis prosecutor to decide whether to charge Greitens with a crime.…
By DAVID A. LIEB, Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers considering whether to impeach Republican Gov. Eric Greitens may first have to wrestle with an unprecedented question: Does it matter that the alleged actions occurred before he was in office? There is no definitive answer to that question because only one Missouri executive…