Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) February is designated as Missouri Earthquake Awareness Month. This has the State Emergency Management Agency encouraging Missourians to take steps for earthquake preparedness. Although Missouri hasn’t encountered a devastating earthquake in the last hundred years or so, it sits on the New Madrid Seismic Zone, which is the most active seismic…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Jefferson City man who posted pictures of stolen guns and other property on Facebook has pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of firearms. Federal prosecutors say Jefferson City police searched the home of 27-year-old Tremaine Cordell Smith in January 2016 looking for stolen property after Smith had…
LEADWOOD, Mo. (AP) – The attorney for a man accused of killing his stepfather, a purported Ku Klux Klan leader in Missouri, says his client is innocent. Prosecutors in Missouri’s St. Francois County filed first-degree murder and other charges on Monday against 44-year-old Malissa Ann Ancona and her son, 24-year-old Paul Edward Jinkerson Jr. They’re…
LEADWOOD, Mo. (AP) – Authorities are investigating the death of a Missouri man who identified himself as an “imperial wizard” of the Ku Klux Klan. Washington County Sheriff Zach Jacobsen told the Park Hills Daily Journal (http://bit.ly/2l2KENV ) that the body of 51-year-old Frank Ancona of Leadwood, Missouri, was found near the Big River Saturday…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Missouri has two new members to its public safety team. Governor Eric Greitens visited the St. Louis Fire Academy on Wednesday. That’s where he announced before a crowd of first responders his appointment of Tim Bean as the new state fire marshal and Ernie Rhodes to serve as the State Emergency…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Opponents of Missouri’s new right-to-work law are trying to put it to a public vote. Missouri AFL-CIO President Mike Louis filed a referendum petition to do so with the secretary of state Monday, the same day Republican Gov. Eric Greitens signed the ban on mandatory union fees. If Louis’ petition…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Highway Patrol has just appointed its first female superintendent in its 85-year history. The News Tribune reports 53-year-old Lt. Col. Sandra Karsten was named the patrol’s 23rd superintendent Wednesday. She will hold the job on an “acting” basis until confirmed by the state Senate. Karsten says she’s been…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A victims’ support group that helped force the Roman Catholic Church to confront the problem of child-molesting priests is going through upheaval of its own, including the resignations of two top leaders and a potentially reputation-damaging lawsuit. Barbara Blaine stepped down Friday as president of the Survivors Network of those Abused…
( KTRS ) Soulard residents are on edge after a double shooting in the early hours of Monday morning. Police say the the 2 victims, a man and woman, were shot multiple times while sitting in their vehicle near 7th Street and Sydney Ave at around 12:40 am. Both were rushed to hospital for treatment.…
Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) Missouri is now a right to work state. Governor Eric Greitens signed the legislation on Monday morning that bans mandatory union fees. The governor had pledged to sign right to work while on the campaign trail. He and other supporters say it will bring business and jobs to the state. Opponents…