ST. LOUIS (AP) Authorities say a contractor for the Missouri Department of Transportation was electrocuted while working along Interstate 44 in St. Louis County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the man was operating a boom truck underneath a power line Wednesday morning in eastbound lanes of the interstate. Patrol spokesman Dallas Thompson said the truck…
NEW YORK (AP) — NBC News says longtime “Today” show host Matt Lauer has been fired for “inappropriate sexual behavior.” Lauer’s co-host Savannah Guthrie made the announcement at the top of Wednesday’s “Today” show. Guthrie read a statement from NBC News chairman Andy Lack, stating that the company has received a detailed complaint from a…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is celebrating the Senate Budget Committee’s passage of the Republican tax plan, which will advance the sweeping tax package to the full Senate. Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement Tuesday that President Donald Trump is applauding the committee for “taking an important step toward passing historic tax…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri has received a temporary federal waiver that will allow state residents to board airplanes and enter federal installations using their current driver’s licenses and identification cards. The Missouri Department of Revenue announced Tuesday the state will have until at least October 2018 to comply with a federal REAL ID…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Joplin man who was appointed to the Missouri Board of Education and then blocked from voting on the fate of the state education commission is suing Gov. Eric Greitens. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Cole County, John Sumners asks the court to determine if he remains a board…
By GREGORY KATZ and JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — It will be a spring wedding on the glorious grounds of Windsor Castle for love-struck Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Royal officials — thrilled with the international response to news of the couple’s engagement, and the positive reaction to their first ever TV appearance —…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A suspect is hospitalized after a police-involved shooting in north St. Louis. Police say the suspect was shot around 11:30 a.m. near the intersection of Hodiamont Avenue and Page Boulevard. Circumstances surrounding the shooting haven’t been released. A second suspect is being sought in the case. There’s no word on the condition…
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — President Donald Trump will be in St. Charles for a speech Wednesday, his second visit to Missouri in three months. The speech announced Monday comes as Trump and other Republicans seek tax reform. The House passed a $1.5 trillion bill and Senate GOP leaders hope to push their bill through…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) The public is being asked to weigh in on the future of the old Jamestown Mall site. St. Louis County held an Informational Open House at Christian Northeast Hospital on Monday to allow residents to present ideas on how they would like to see the once vibrant north county mall…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The St. Louis murder count has surpassed last year’s after violent holiday weekend. Police responded to multiple shootings over the weekend, including the city’s 191st murder of the year. That happened early Sunday night, when a woman was fatally shot in the 6300 of Sherry in north St. Louis. The victim’s name…