JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is lashing out against two Republican senators who didn’t vote against a pay raise for themselves and other elected officials. Greitens in a Tuesday Facebook post accused Sens. Denny Hoskins and Paul Wieland of betraying their constituents. At issue was a proposed pay increase for legislators…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s No. 2 Republican state senator is proposing a $10 limit on lobbyist gifts to elected officials. The legislation Majority Leader Mike Kehoe pitched to a Senate panel Tuesday wouldn’t completely ban gifts, as Republican Gov. Eric Greitens has called on lawmakers to do. Instead it would limit lobbyists to…
( KTRS ) A man was shot in the face Tuesday night while driving on west bound I-70. Police say the shooting happened near Adelaide around 8 pm. the victim was taken to hospital in critical, but stable condition. No more details have been released at this time.
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) – Missouri has carried out its first execution for this year. Mark Christeson was executed on Tuesday evening. He was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. Christeson was 18 when he and his 17-year-old cousin attacked Susan Brouk at her rural home in Vichy, then killed Brouk, her 12-year-old daughter and her 9-year-old…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Efforts continue to bring Major League Soccer to the Gateway City. On Tuesday, the St. Louis group behind the push for a Major League Soccer stadium downtown – SC STL – has formally applied for an MLS team. The submission of the application was followed by a phone call between the…
Peoria, IL (KTRS) – Caterpillar Inc. is moving its headquarters out of Peoria. The company announced on Tuesday it will relocate its headquarters to Chicago. The move comes as the company faces a weak equipment market that has been cutting into its bottom line. Last week, the farming and construction equipment maker reported a wider…
Jefferson County, MO (KTRS) Police are looking for a suspect who wore a police academy sweatshirt to rob a bank in Jefferson County. Investigators say the suspect held up the Midwest Bank Center on Imperial Main Street at around 2:45 p.m. Monday. The suspect is described as a white male, approximately 6’2” and weighing about…
