JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s Republican Gov.-elect Eric Greitens spent more on his campaign than what’s been spent total on any other gubernatorial race in state history. Campaign finance records released Thursday show Greitens spent more than $28.7 million during a race that broke records for its price tag. That’s about $1 million more…
Wednesday was the last day donors could cut six-figure checks to candidates before new campaign contribution limits kicked in
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s Republican House Speaker Todd Richardson is calling for an investigation of the state Department of Corrections after reports of widespread workplace harassment. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/2h7tw7F ) on Wednesday reported Richardson says he won’t tolerate what he said appears to be a culture of sexual harassment. The alternative…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Eight Chicago residents have been indicted by a federal grand jury for the smash-and-grab crime at a Saks Fifth Avenue in suburban St. Louis. The U.S. Attorney’s office in St. Louis on Wednesday announced the indictments. All eight suspects are in their 20’s. Illinois State Police say they are also under…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – One day after Ferguson residents heard an update on racial reform efforts in their community, a federal judge got an update of her own. U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry held a hearing Tuesday to hear about efforts to eliminate racial bias and create more diversity in the St. Louis suburb that…
( KTRS ) Police are looking for a missing teen that was last seen Nov. 29. 15 yr old Trinity Battig is described as 5′ 7″, with a light build, brown hair and brown eyes. She has pierced ears and may be wearing glasses. She was last seen in Barnhart, MO. According to the National…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The University of Missouri chapter of the Delta Upsilon fraternity will be suspended until at least the fall of 2018 for repeatedly violating fraternity and university policy and state law. Delta Upsilon International announced the suspension Tuesday, citing incidents at three parties this semester. All operations of the Columbia chapter have…
( KTRS ) A driver asleep at the wheel is believed to be the cause of a fatal crash on 270 Saturday night. The Missouri Highway Patrol reports that 20 yr old D’Angelo Bernaugh fell asleep, while driving, around 10:50pm Saturday night on eastbound 270. Her SUV struck another, pushing it off the right side…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A group of Chicago-area residents accused of stealing $60,000 worth of handbags in a brazen smash-and-grab in suburban St. Louis are suspected in similar crimes in three other states involving nearly $2 million in thefts and damage. The crime Saturday at Plaza Frontenac resulted in a police chase that ended 60…
SMITHVILLE, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say there were no injuries as a result of a blaze that erupted when a gas pipeline ruptured north of Kansas City, Missouri. A Platte County Sheriff’s Department dispatcher said the fire was reported about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in Platte County, north of Kansas City and not far from Kansas…