JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Republican Gov.-elect Eric Greitens has named a top Anheuser-Busch official, Michael Roche, to be his chief of staff. The Kansas City Star first reported the pick Tuesday. Roche is vice president of national affairs for the brewery and worked as a federal lobbyist for the company. Greitens’ former campaign…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Outgoing Democratic Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is warning the Democratic Party against veering to the left after the party’s defeats in this year’s elections. Nixon told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the party needs to include those with more centrist values. Nixon says identity politics can lead to exclusion…
(KTRS) – The US Census Bureau released their annual population estimates and they show that Missouri and Illinois are heading in different directions. Missouri saw an increase in population–there are an estimated 17,000 new residents in the state. Illinois on the other hand, lost more residents than any other state–but it remains the fifth most populous…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Documents obtained by the Columbia Daily Tribune show 16 students who drank at University of Missouri fraternities were taken to hospitals for alcohol poisoning since August 2015. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports those incidents include cases reported to the university police department or the Department of Student Life. Records show six…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The dangerous wintry mix that settled over Missouri during the weekend is gone, but bitter cold on Monday forced dozens of schools to call off classes and made venturing outdoors miserable. Parts of the state awoke to temperatures below zero Monday morning, and readings most everywhere else were in single digits.…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A man who was spared the death penalty by a St. Louis-area jury that instead assessed a life prison term in the 1977 shooting death of a police officer has died in prison. The Missouri Department of Corrections said 72-year-old James Davis died of apparent natural causes Saturday at a…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Temperatures plummeted in Missouri after freezing rain blanketed roads with ice, causing scores of accidents including some fatalities. At least three deaths in Missouri were blamed on icy roads Friday after a treacherous mix of snow and freezing rain blasted much of the state. Several more accidents were reported Saturday…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The homeless are proving to be especially susceptible to latest version of synthetic marijuana, a man-made hallucinogen that experts say is far more dangerous and unpredictable than the real thing. Nearly 300 homeless people became ill last month in St. Louis. Other outbreaks have occurred in New York City, Los Angeles…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A class-action lawsuit has been filed against the Missouri Department of Corrections alleging inmates did not receive proper hepatitis C treatment. The ACLU and the Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center in St. Louis filed the federal lawsuit for the inmates Thursday. Inmates in the lawsuit claim they didn’t receive…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Republican Gov.-elect Eric Greitens is picking Kansas City attorney Lucinda Luetkemeyer to be his general counsel. Greitens’ transition team leader Austin Chambers told The Associated Press on Thursday that Luetkemeyer also is serving as the transition team’s general counsel. Luetkemeyer works at the Kansas City law firm of Graves…