SULLIVAN, Mo. (AP) — Three people, including a 2-year-old Texas boy, have died in a wrong-way crash in eastern Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the crash occurred early Sunday in Franklin County when a car traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of Interstate 44 struck the left front corner of a minivan. The…
VERSAILLES, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri state trooper charged in the death of an Iowa man who drowned while in his custody is scheduled for trial this summer. The Kansas City Star reports (http://bit.ly/2fjtLYp ) a July 10 trial was set Monday for Trooper Anthony Piercy. He is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death…
(KTRS) – The man who led the Missouri Republican party since February 2015, is stepping down. Missouri GOP Chairman John Hancock announced today he is leaving the post. His decision comes after Republicans swept statewide races, but he told the Post-Dispatch that a large amount of credit for the wins goes to party executive director…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The state of Missouri will pay $9 million to the family of an Iowa man who drowned while he was in custody of a state trooper. The settlement announced Thursday ends a civil lawsuit filed by the family of Brandon Ellingson after he died in May 2014 on the Lake…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s employment has reached an all-time high. The state Department of Economic Development on Wednesday said nonfarm payroll employment grew by 9,300 jobs in October. 2That’s a record high at more than 2.8 million jobs. The state gained close to 51,000 jobs in the past year. Unemployment also dropped slightly…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s employment has reached an all-time high. The state Department of Economic Development on Wednesday said nonfarm payroll employment grew by 9,300 jobs in October. 2That’s a record high at more than 2.8 million jobs. The state gained close to 51,000 jobs in the past year. Unemployment also dropped slightly…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Supreme Court judges are weighing arguments over the constitutionality of a law capping traffic fines and court fees. A lawyer for several St. Louis suburbs told judges in the capital courthouse Wednesday that the law unfairly targets those cities. At issue is a law that limits the amount of…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Boeing Co. says it plans to move about 2,500 positions to other sites, cut 500 jobs, and close two facilities by the end of 2020 as part of an effort to operate its Defense, Space & Security business more efficiently. The company said Tuesday that about 1,600 positions currently in Huntington…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s minimum wage will rise by a nickel when the new year begins. The state labor department said Tuesday that the minimum wage will rise from $7.65 an hour to $7.70 an hour, effective Jan. 1. The increase is the result of a law approved by voters 10 year ago.…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri mega-donors say a newly approved constitutional amendment to cap campaign contributions won’t keep money out of politics. Almost 70 percent of voters on Tuesday approved capping donations to candidates at $2,600 per election. Checks to political parties can’t exceed $25,000. A spokesman for wealthy donor Rex Sinquefield says that…