JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is defending his record after the head of the state’s public defender system appointed him to a case in protest of recent funding restrictions. Director Michael Barrett in a letter last week said budget cuts have prevented his office from hiring enough public defenders for those…
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – Missouri State University researchers who are trapping mosquitoes across the state haven’t found any evidence of the Zika virus. The research team is led by associate professor David Claborn. He says trapping mosquitoes might provide an early warning if the virus arrives in Missouri. The yellow fever mosquito, the primary carrier…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri consumers will get $2 million of a multi-state settlement with a pharmaceutical company. Attorney General Chris Koster said Thursday in a release that Missouri will get about $2 million of the $125 million, 48-state settlement with drug maker Cephalon. About $766,000 of that $2 million will go to Missouri…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Missouri’s largest airport could soon get a name change. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the region’s airport commission is considering changing the name of Lambert-St. Louis International Airport to St. Louis International Airport at Lambert Field. The airport is named for Albert Bond Lambert, who learned to fly with the Wright…
(KTRS) – St. Louis Police are looking for the suspect seen starting a fire at the Ole North Town Bar and Grill in May. The suspect is described as a black male with a large build and a goatee. Please call CrimeStoppers if you have any information at 1-866-371-8477. We have the video at ktrs.com.
( KTRS ) Just under a quarter of Missouri’s registered voters turned out to cast ballots in Tuesdays primary elections. Secretary of State Jason Kander reports official turnout of 24.8 percent. The top attraction was the Missouri governor’s race. Former Navy SEAL officer Eric Greitens took the Republican with nearly 684,000 votes. Missouri Attorney General Chris…
MARYVILLE, Mo. (AP) – A 16-year-old student from Seoul, South Korea, has drowned at the Mozingo Lake Recreation Park in northwest Missouri. Maryville public officials say Jae Won Lee, a first-year student at the Missouri Academy, drowned Monday night in the city-owned reservoir east of Maryville. The Maryville Daily Forum reports (http://bit.ly/2aqetAw ) officials continue…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Former Navy SEAL officer Eric Greitens already has a remarkable resume that includes international humanitarian trips and founding a nonprofit to help military veterans find work. Now he can add another item: Republican nominee for Missouri governor. Greitens won a hard-fought, four-way Republican primary Tuesday for the right to take…
EMINENCE, Mo. (AP) – Paddlers on a couple of rivers in southern Missouri may cross paths with wild horses, and a two-decade-old federal law is being credited for what locals consider a tourist draw. The Springfield News-Leader reports the horses have been roaming freely near the Jacks Fork and Current rivers in Shannon County for…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Former Missouri House Speaker Catherine Hanaway is touting her experience as a former U.S. attorney in her bid for governor. The Republican from Ladue faces a competitive GOP primary Tuesday against suburban St. Louis businessman John Brunner, former Navy SEAL officer Eric Greitens and Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder. All four oppose…