Missouri House passes bill to allow industrial hemp farming
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri would legalize and regulate growing industrial hemp under a proposal that’s passed the state House. The House on Monday voted 126-26 to pass the legislation. It now goes to the Senate. The bill would legalize the growing of industrial hemp as a raw material for manufacturing. Hemp comes from…
Missouri House passes bill giving immunity for overdose help
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri House has passed a bill granting legal immunity for people with small amounts of drugs seeking medical assistance for overdoses. House members voted 134-21 Monday to send it to the Senate. It says that people can’t be penalized for seeking medical assistance for overdoses if they possess small…
Homicide unit investigating shooting in north St. Louis
( KTRS ) Homicide detectives have been called to handle a shooting in north St. Louis. Police say the victim, a male in his 40’s, was shot multiple times in the 4800 block of St. Louis Ave just after 5pm Monday. The man was rushed to hospital. No further details have been released.
Missouri right-to-work ballot proposal challenged in court
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Right-to-work supporters are trying to derail an effort by labor leaders to ask voters whether Missouri should ban mandatory union fees and dues. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports (http://bit.ly/2okvzI5 ) that a lawsuit filed Friday in Cole County claims a summary of the referendum proposal has “embarrassing” grammatical errors and…
Frannie, the dog stabbed 19 times, finds new home
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) The 10-year-old female poodle mix that suffered 19 stab wounds and was rescued by police and the Humane Society of Missouri, has found her new forever home. The family of one of the St. Louis County first responder unit that investigated the incident in which the dog was injured, is adopting Frannie.…
South City Man Charged In Infant Son’s Murder
St. Louis, MO Â (KTRS) Â A south St. Louis man is accused in the death of his three-month-old son. Twenty-three-year-old Jabri Baker is charged with first-degree murder for allegedly suffocating his son, Ayden Baker. The infant’s lifeless body was discovered at his father’s home on South Compton on Saturday morning. According to court documents, Baker told…
