ST. LOUIS (AP) – Authorities say a body pulled from the Mississippi River at St. Louis is a 29-year-old kayaker who went missing last week after hitting towlines between two barges. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the city medical examiner’s office has confirmed that the body recovered Saturday is that of Dalton Bast of Humboldt,…
Philadelphia, PA (KTRS) Michael Brown’s mother is scheduled to speak at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday. Lezley McSpadden will speak as part of the group the “Mother’s of the Movement.” This is a group of mothers who lost children to encounters with police of gun violence. Gwen Carr, the mother of Eric Garner and Sybrina Fulton,…
Jefferson City, MO (AP) – Missouri delegates to the Democratic National Convention got a surprise visit from Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. State Democratic Party Chairman Roy Temple says he spotted Sanders on Tuesday morning in the Philadelphia hotel that Missouri delegates share with those from Illinois and Kansas. So he invited Sanders into their breakfast.…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Some Missouri delegates to the Democratic National Convention who supported the presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders are reluctant to heed his call to now back the likely Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton. Sanders was met with boos Monday when he suggested to supporters that they need to elect Clinton in order…
CHICAGO (AP) – A Cook County judge will hear arguments next month in a lawsuit brought by social service providers over the impact of the yearlong state budget impasse. The hearing is Aug. 31. Nearly 100 social service groups sued Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration saying they worked without payment during the stalemate and are owed…
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (AP) – Federal workplace safety officials blame heat exposure in last weekend’s death of a 23-year-old landscaper in southeastern Missouri’s Poplar Bluff. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration said in a statement Monday that the worker from Dexter was assisting in tree-trimming efforts when he became overheated Friday…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Republican candidate John Brunner says he wants to be the first businessman elected governor in 80 years. The former chairman and CEO of personal care product company Vi-Jon Inc. told The Associated Press his business experience qualifies him to run the state. If elected, Brunner says he’ll support right to…
