Police: Drunken man struck sister with his car
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A St. Louis man is accused of striking his younger sister with his car after getting drunk. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the 53-year-old man and his 39-year-old sister were drinking together Monday night when he became irate and assaulted her. Police say the man left in a vehicle, returned,…
Popular A&E TV show about homicides coming to St. Louis
Starting in January TV crews with A&E’s show “The First 48” will be following homicide detectives in St. Louis. The show’s title “The First 48” refers to a term used by police, in which, those cases that are not solved in the first two days are less likely to be solved at all. The current…
Dispute settled over degree offerings from Missouri schools
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A recent report by a Missouri task force says the state’s public universities and community colleges should not stray from the types of degrees their institutions can grant unless they have a good reason to do so. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Missouri lawmakers asked the task force, made up…
Police respond to double shooting near Dr. MLK
( KTRS ) Authorities are investigating a double shooting. Police say the shooting took place just before 11 pm Tuesday night near the intersection of Whittier and Dr Martin Luther King Drive. Two victims were found at the scene and taken to an area hospital, their conditions remain unknown at this time.
Greitens picks Chinn as Missouri’s new agriculture director
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Gov.-elect Eric Greitens has chosen a northeast Missouri woman to be the next director of the Missouri Department of Agriculture. Greitens announced on his Facebook page Tuesday that he had chosen Chris Chinn, 41, to lead the department. She and her husband, Kevin, are fifth-generation farmers who raise hogs,…
More tourists visiting Missouri State Penitentiary
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – One of mid-Missouri’s fastest growing tourist attractions is a place where nobody wanted to be prior to its closing in 2004 – the Missouri State Penitentiary. The Jefferson City News Tribune reports that 32,811 people this year visited the old state prison, a haunted-looking place that first opened in 1836.…