KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri has had only two Republican secretaries of state since World War II, and both had the last name of Blunt. The GOP is poised to make a strong run at changing that pattern this year, especially if voters also embrace the concept that people should be required to show…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Nearly four years after a robbery in St. Louis, the case is now considered a homicide. Christopher Dutton of Warrenton was shot while being robbed on Aug. 9, 2012. He died in March. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that new autopsy results show he died from “pneumonia due to a gunshot…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) – U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) is fed up with Missouri legislators failing to put a prescription drug monitoring system in place to curb abuse and reduce overdose deaths. “They have once again, I think for the fifth or sixth time this session, refused to take this basic step,” she said at the…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Religious leaders are teaming up to fight a proposed St. Louis measure pertaining to vending they claim would make it illegal to help the homeless. On Thursday they gathered for a luncheon followed by a press conference at Transformation Christian Church in north St. Louis to discuss Board Bill 66. Reverend…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Steps are being taken to protect St. Louis residents from the extreme heat. Beginning Thursday, teams from several city departments will go door-to-door to check on those most at risk, including the elderly and disabled. Mayor Francis Slay sent a voice recording to elderly and at-risk residents listed on the City’s Functional…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A plan to open a 24-hour homeless shelter north of downtown St. Louis is being put on hold. On Wednesday, a three member financial board, which consists of Mayor Francis Slay, Comptroller Darlene Green, and Board of Aldermen PresidentLewis Reed, failed to approve a contract for the Biddle House. This was…
CHICAGO (AP) – A federal grand jury that heard evidence for more than a year on possible spending violations by ex-U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock has disbanded after its term expired. But legal experts said Tuesday that doesn’t necessarily mean the Peoria Republican is off the legal hook. He resigned in March 2015 after coming under…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – An Islamic relief agency once based in Missouri has admitted in federal court that it illegally funneled $1.4 million to Iraq. A representative of the Islamic American Relief Agency pleaded guilty Wednesday in Jefferson City, Missouri, to conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. The agency, once based in…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – St. Louis County police are investigating after two people were found shot inside a home, one of them fatally. Police were called to a home in north St. Louis County at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday. Spokesman Shawn McGuire says a 35-year-old Dana Robinson was pronounced dead at the scene. A 37-year-old man…
