( KTRS ) The Missouri Department of Transportation has closed I-55, Lemay Ferry and Telegraph road. Other closures that will effect your morning Wednesday commute include 21 at Tesson Ferry and Route 141 at the Romaine Creek. MoDOT closed I-44 between I-270 and Grays Summit Monday night. Local westbound traffic can still get through to…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two more people were confirmed dead Tuesday after their vehicles were swept away by floodwaters in Missouri, bringing the death toll from sudden spring flooding in the state to at least five. The latest deaths occurred in an area of southeast Missouri where heavy rains pushed rivers to record levels. The…
Jefferson County, MO (KTRS) At least three deaths are being blamed on the flooding in the state. The latest victim is an elderly man in Jefferson County. The Missouri Highway Patrol reports that 77-year-old Clifford Brandt walked to a creek near his home in Hillsboro to check out the rising waters Sunday afternoon, when he…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Republican Gov. Eric Greitens has agreed to pay a penalty to the state Ethics Commission for failing to report that his gubernatorial campaign got a donor list from a charity he founded. Greitens’ campaign adviser Austin Chambers said Saturday that the violation was a “simple campaign finance matter –…
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Flooding from heavy rains sweeping across the Midwest has killed at least one person in Missouri, prompted numerous rescues and blocked roadways. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says a 72-year-old woman drowned despite her husband’s efforts to save her as their vehicle was swept away by rushing waters Saturday near Clever…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri House members want more information on how much money the state is paying in lawsuit settlements and judgments. House members voted 150-1 on Thursday to pass legislation to require the attorney general and administration commissioner to update lawmakers and others monthly on state legal expenses. The bill comes after…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri lawmakers are pushing legislation that would make it harder for judges to require domestic violence victims to disclose confidential addresses. House and Senate leadership announced Wednesday that they would push an amendment to allow the secretary of state to intervene if a court wanted to require a person protected…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri representatives have approved that the state pay an extra $241 million in unexpected expenses for this fiscal year. House members voted 143-7 in favor of the supplemental budget Wednesday. It soon will go to the governor’s desk. Most of the money comes from federal funds, and most of it…
( KTRS ) Police report that one person is dead following a fatal fire at a retirement home in North County. Just after 6pm Tuesday evening firefighters were called to a fire in a second-floor apartment at the Bethesda Village North Retirement Community on North Drive. Once the fire was doused, the body of an 85…
FULTON, Mo. (AP) – Police in central Missouri’s Fulton say a body found encased in concrete inside a container is likely that of a developmentally disabled man missing for nearly a week from a group home. Police said in a statement Tuesday that the body discovered the previous day in a Fulton storage unit may…