JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Law enforcement, health care, insurance and transportation groups are urging Missouri lawmakers to ban texting while driving. A House panel heard testimony Monday on three bills that would make it an infraction for a driver to read or send text messages on the road. Missouri currently bans people younger than 22…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Senate leaders have decided to delay moving the news media off the chamber floor because of cost concerns. Senators had voted earlier this year to remove reporters from their longtime seats near the dais effective March 29. Media members were to instead work from a renovated section of a…
(KTRS) – The Major Case Squad is helping with the investigation into the death of a 3-year-old girl in the Barnhart area. Investigators say that the girl’s mother found her body and called police around 6:30 AM on Monday. Authorities say there were obvious signs of trauma to the body, but the girl was not…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Efforts continue to keep the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in St. Louis. Mayor Francis Slay was joined by state and federal leaders during a Monday morning news conference, where he announced an offer to make the proposed north St. Louis site more appealing. “On Friday, I told National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director Robert Cardillo…
CHICAGO (AP) – The Illinois attorney general’s office received more than 25,000 complaints from consumers in 2015. Here’s a look at the top categories and the number of complaints. 1. Consumer Debt (mortgages, collection agencies, banks) 3,350 2. Identity Theft (government document fraud, credit cards, utilities, data breaches) 2,636 3. Telecommunications (telemarketing, cable and satellite…
