By SUMMER BALLENTINE , Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill has approvingly evoked former President Ronald Reagan. She said she would back President Donald Trump if he stopped a migrant caravan at the border. And speaking on Fox News, she has decried “crazy Democrats.” What is the Democratic senator up to?…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is taking his immigration message to Missouri as he continues his campaign rally blitz leading up to the midterm elections. Trump is set to appear Thursday night in Columbia, home of the state’s largest university. It will be his second rally in an 11-stop, eight-state tour designed to boost…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri election officials are expecting voter turnout in Tuesday’s midterm election to be the highest in more than two decades. Estimates submitted to the state by local election officials project that nearly 2.3 million people will cast ballots. That would equal almost 55 percent of registered voters. The last presidential…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Appeals court judges say a lawsuit challenging Missouri’s new voter photo identification law can proceed. A Western District Court of Appeals panel on Tuesday undid a lower judge’s earlier decision to toss the case, meaning it can move forward. At issue is a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties…
CUBA, Mo. (AP) — An eastern Missouri home where a racial slur was recently spray-painted on a wall has been destroyed by fire, prompting state and local investigations. The fire broke out Saturday near Cuba, Missouri, about 85 miles southwest of St. Louis. The family was out of town at the time. The Crawford County…
Chesterfield, MO (KTRS) Senators Lindsey Graham and Cory Gardner were in town Monday to campaign for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Josh Hawley. The Republican lawmakers spoke to a crowd of about 250 supporters at the Double Tree Chesterfield Hotel in Chesterfield. Graham of South Carolina said the stakes are high. “If we win here, it will…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Nearly 200 St. Louis business owners are calling for voters to approve Proposition B, the ballot initiative to raise Missouri’s minimum wage. On Thursday morning, a group of business owners joined state and local lawmakers during a press conference at Bridge Bread in south St. Louis to show their support. Those…
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Police are looking for fresh leads in the 43-year-old killing of a 9-year-old girl who was abducted while walking home in Springfield and later found in a shallow grave. The Springfield News-Leader reports that the Greater Springfield Area Crime Stoppers issued a plea for fresh information this week to coincide was…
By JIM SALTER , Associated Press . ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri supporters of medical marijuana will have their say in the November election. The only question: Do they cast a yes vote once, twice or three times? Thanks to successful petition drives for three competing proposals, all three are on the ballot. Two would…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Rain-soaked rivers and creeks continue rising in Missouri, closing more than 80 roads and inundating farmland. The Missouri Department of Transportation says the road closures are mostly in the northwest part of the state, where nearly two dozen counties are under a flood warning. The National Weather service says the Missouri…