Dallas, TX (AP) – Police Chief David Brown says a suspect in the overnight attack that killed five police officers, wounded seven others and wounded two civilians said he was upset over the recent police shootings of black men and wanted to kill white people. Brown said at a news conference Friday that the suspect…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Senate’s top Democrat has stepped down to take an administrative judgeship. Senate Minority Leader Joe Keaveny resigned Thursday. Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon announced he’s been named a St. Louis workers’ compensation administrative law judge. Those judges can approve settlements and issue awards after hearings on injured workers’ benefits.…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – St. Louis’ black police officers’ association is calling for the city’s police chief to resign, claiming he’s unfair in managing the department and making promotions. Homicide unit Sgt. Heather Taylor, president of the Ethical Society of Police, says the group isn’t accusing Police Chief Sam Dotson of racial discrimination, but that…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon has vetoed a requirement for voters to show photo identification at the polls. Nixon on Thursday vetoed the bill, saying it would make it harder to vote. The bill would allow people without photo ID to vote after signing a statement saying they don’t have…
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois regulators are stopping a struggling insurance company from paying $31.8 million it owes the federal government in a move meant to protect the insurer’s more than 40,000 customers. Chicago-based Land of Lincoln Health is one of the Affordable Care Act’s surviving nonprofit insurance co-ops. The co-ops were funded by low-interest federal…
( KTRS ) A Mississippi River lock and dam north of St. Louis is closed after a towboat spilled more than 2,000 gallons of diesel while passing through the lock. The spill happened Wednesday at Lock and Dam 25 near Winfield, about 45 miles north of St. Louis. The cause of the spill is under…
