JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri House has passed a bill that would make it a felony to disseminate — or threaten to disseminate — private sexual images. The 149-1 House vote Monday comes as Gov. Eric Greitens is facing a felony indictment on a charge of invasion of privacy for allegedly taking a…
By JIM SALTER, DAVID A. LIEB and SUMMER BALLENTINE, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens remains defiant, even amid calls for impeachment or resignation, after a St. Louis grand jury indicted him for felony invasion of privacy, alleging the Republican took a compromising photo of a woman during an extramarital affair the…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Residents throughout much of Missouri and Kansas will be dealing with potentially dangerous weather conditions on Tuesday, but in wildly varying forms. Freezing rain was falling in parts of Kansas Tuesday morning, with several accidents reported. Schools in some parts of Kansas and western Missouri extended the President’s Day weekend to…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow universities designate full-time faculty as “campus protection officers” who can carry concealed weapons. Republican Rep. Dean Dohrman introduced the bill to the House Higher Education Committee Wednesday with hopes of college campus safety in an age of increasingly frequent mass shootings,…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers are considering a bill that would increase penalties for protesters who block highways. A Missouri Senate committee heard the bill sponsored by Republican Sen. Jeanie Riddle this week, the Columbia Missourian reported. The proposed legislation would make it a Class A misdemeanor on first offense if a person…
By JIM SALTER, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The man whose then-wife had an affair with Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens has been subpoenaed to testify before a St. Louis grand jury, the man’s attorney said Monday. “It’s been stepped up a notch,” attorney Al Watkins said. “It means a grand jury is seated and is…
ROLLA, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say at least two people have died in a series of crashes involving more than 100 vehicles on snowy and icy Missouri highways. The Kansas City Star says the series of wrecks began around 2 p.m. Sunday, with the worst involving 30 vehicles on Interstate 44 near Rolla. The Missouri…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri lawmaker has introduced a bill that would ban pregnant inmates from being shackled and chained during labor. The bill would ban a state correctional center or a city or county jail from using restraints on a woman in the third trimester of her pregnancy during medical care. It…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A feasibility study will be conducted on a hyperloop system in Missouri. The Missouri Hyperloop Coalition made that announcement on Tuesday. The project aims to construct a hyperloop route linking Kansas City, Columbia, and St. Louis along the I-70 corridor. Diana Zhou, Strategy Manager for Hyperloop One, says travel from St.…
DETROIT (AP) — Experts say a bright light and what sounded like thunder in the sky above Michigan was a meteor. The American Meteor Society says it received hundreds of reports of a fireball Tuesday night over the state, including many in the Detroit area. Reports also came in from several other states and Ontario,…