Planned Parenthood CEO summoned over Senate subpoena
( KTRS ) Missouri lawmakers have voted to summon a regional Planned Parenthood CEO to explain why she should not be held in contempt of the state Senate for defying a subpoena that demanded documents on how the organization handles fetal remains. The contempt resolution passed by the Senate on Thursday orders Mary Kogut to…
Senate passes new use-of-force rules for Missouri police
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Senate has voted to tighten the laws on when police can use deadly force. Senators voted 30-2 Thursday to bring the state’s law into line with a 1985 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that police can only use deadly force when an officer believes a fleeing felon poses a…
Durbin, Duckworth: Drugmakers, take back your addictive meds
( KTRS ) Two Illinois Democrats are calling on the pharmaceutical industry to help dispose of leftover medications that could feed addiction. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth sent a letter Thursday to the president of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. They are pushing the idea that drug makers have a…
Former University of Missouri chancellor set to start new role
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Former University of Missouri Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin is preparing to take on a new role at the school but details of what he will be doing remain unclear. Loftin stepped down as chancellor in November after months of disagreements with former system President Tim Wolfe and discontent from faculty and…
Union workers fight back after Schnucks announces warehouse change
(KTRS) – Union workers are fighting back after Schnucks announced they would be cutting 190 warehouse employees. The grocer announced this month that they would be eliminating the union jobs and relocating to a facility that employees non-union worker. The Post-Dispatch reports that the union workers earned up to $22 an hour, but the new…
Illinois man accused of trying to make pipe bombs
BRIDGETON, Mo. (AP) – An Illinois man is accused in Missouri of possessing components for possible pipe bombs. St. Louis County prosecutors on Thursday charged 44-year-old Douglas Herr of Chatham with a felony count alleging he possessed an explosive substance or material with plans to make an explosive weapon. Bridgeton police investigator Ryan Dickherber alleges…