COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – An internal audit is highly critical of a University of Missouri’s College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources after a former employee admitted to stealing more than $716,000 over nine years. The Columbia Missourian reports that the audit found that fiscal oversight was “inadequate” for the 17 agricultural research centers scattered…
The General Assembly adjourned May 31 without a budget deal for the second year in a row
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) An Endangered Person Advisory is in effect for a missing north county teen. Police say 14-year-old Princess Randle of Spanish Lake was last seen at her residence at 1793 Rosado Drive on Monday. She suffers from from Bi Polar Disorder, hallucinations, Schizophrenia, depression, and has the mental capacity of a 5…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Republican gubernatorial candidate Eric Greitens’ campaign says it has no relationship with the treasurer of a political action committee that’s behind attack ads, even though the man made calls at a campaign event. LG PAC treasurer Hank Monsees told The Associated Press Monday that Greitens’ campaign didn’t ask him to…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – An activist group has suspended its efforts to loosen marijuana restrictions in Columbia while awaiting the fate of a statewide push to allow Missourians to vote on legalizing medical marijuana. Mid-Missouri NORMAL wants Columbia to decriminalize the cultivation of six or fewer marijuana plants. Group president Josh Chittum says the issue…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Twenty-six Syrian refugees have arrived in St. Louis to start new lives. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the International Institute of St. Louis helped four families make their way to the city over the weekend. Volunteers with the institute spent last week preparing housing and gathering food items for each…
( KTRS) Police have arrested two suspects for allegedly shooting a 3-year-old boy in the head Saturday night. The child is alive, but remains in critical condition. The boy was shot Saturday night around 8:20, while riding in a car with his father. According to the father, he was turning left onto East Grand Boulevard…
Hastert has a Wednesday afternoon deadline to report to federal prison
(KTRS) – The Jackson, Missouri police department issued an Endangered Person Advisory for a 57-year-old woman who was last seen on Friday. Police say that Adrienna Ptacek’s family last saw her Friday at 4 p.m. She is a white female, five-feet ten-inches tall with blonde hair. She also drives a Checy Malibu with a broken…
