ST. LOUIS (AP) – The director of a Webster University institute faces federal charges accusing her of embezzling $380,000. The office of the federal prosecutor in St. Louis says 61-year-old Deborah Pierce was the director of the Confucius Institute at Webster University. The office says the institute was funded by both the school and the…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s two U.S. senators have been named to top positions in Republican leadership and legislative committees. Republican Sen. Roy Blunt on Wednesday announced he was re-elected vice chairman of the Senate’s GOP caucus. He said Republicans want to work with GOP President-elect Donald Trump on issues such as Democratic President…
The search is still on for two suspects in an early morning shooting in St. Charles County. Fox 2 news reports that Police are looking for 32-year-old Dareion Tate and 25-year-old Alfred Davis. Both men are wanted in connection with a shooting that took place at a home on Wilbert Drive. The shooting took place…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s employment has reached an all-time high. The state Department of Economic Development on Wednesday said nonfarm payroll employment grew by 9,300 jobs in October. 2That’s a record high at more than 2.8 million jobs. The state gained close to 51,000 jobs in the past year. Unemployment also dropped slightly…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois Senate has rejected the governor’s veto of automatic voter registration legislation. The Senate’s 38-18 vote sends the measure to the House to consider when it returns to Springfield Nov. 29. The Legislature adopted the plan in the spring with strong bipartisan support. It would allow visitors to a handful…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner says he has friends in Donald Trump’s new administration and expects Illinois to have “a voice and a good relationship” with the president-elect. Rauner said Wednesday that two of Trump’s “most senior folks in his administration” are good friends and allies but didn’t name them. He said…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Supreme Court judges are weighing arguments over the constitutionality of a law capping traffic fines and court fees. A lawyer for several St. Louis suburbs told judges in the capital courthouse Wednesday that the law unfairly targets those cities. At issue is a law that limits the amount of…
St. Charles County, MO (KTRS) All schools within the Francis Howell School District remain on a”soft lockdown.” This is being done as a precaution while police look for a couple of suspects from an early morning shooting. Authorities say a 33-year-old man was shot around 6:30 a.m. Wednesday. He’s reportedly in stable condition. A “soft…
