SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – An Illinois lawmaker is responding to the Dennis Hastert hush-money case with a proposal to give prosecutors the right to pursue child sex abuse charges no matter how long ago the crimes occurred. The former U.S. House Speaker was sentenced to 15 months in prison last week in a hush-money case…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Two-thirds of the Missouri House has voted to change how public union members pay dues, the first step to overriding a veto by Gov. Jay Nixon. The House voted 109-47 Wednesday for a bill requiring public employees to annually reauthorize paying their union dues through paycheck withholdings. The bill would…
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St. Joseph, MO Â (AP) Â Efforts are underway to reopen the old Tarkio College in northwest Missouri as a two-year intuition. The institution ended its run as a four-year college in 1992, but alumni and volunteers from the surrounding community have banded together to breathe new life into the campus. Their proposal has been submitted to…
Ferguson, MO Â (KTRS) Â Ferguson is seeking to replace a city prosecutor criticized by a federal probe of the north county town’s justice system after the 2014 police shooting death of Michael Brown. The city posted an advertisement for Stephanie Karr’s replacement on its website Tuesday: The City of Ferguson, Missouri, is accepting proposals for municipal…
St. Louis, MO Â (KTRS) Â Â A man is dead following an overnight shooting in north St. Louis. Authorities say the victim was fatally shot around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday on Natural Bridge near Hamilton. The victim’s name hasn’t been released. There’s no word on a motive or of any arrests. This brings the city’s murder count to…
St. Louis, MO  (KTRS)  Two St. Louis police officers are being hailed as heroes after rescuing a man from a massive house fire in north city. Authorities say the officers were the first to arrive at the burning home in the 4100 block of  Penrose late Tuesday night. That’s when they rescued a man from…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri lawmakers have approved the creation of a commission to review the University of Missouri System’s policies and administrative structure. The measure approved in the House on Tuesday follows months of legislative criticism over how the university handled protests over what some students saw as indifference to racism at the…
