JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Republican Missouri lawmakers are pushing measures opponents say will ban abortions, as well as fetal-tissue donation from those procedures. A House committee heard testimony Tuesday on the proposals but didn’t vote. Rep. Mike Moon’s proposal would ask voters to decide whether to add “unborn human children at every stage of…
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) – A new tracking system in St. Charles County is helping police find people with Alzheimer’s disease or autism who may wander by themselves. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that about 20 people with such conditions in St. Charles County are using Care Track, a monitoring device that’s worn like a…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri political insider accused of sexually harassing legislative interns is allowed into the Capitol again. A judge on Monday dismissed a case seeking to extend a restraining order that had barred David Poger from the Capitol. House Counsel David Welch said authorities hadn’t been able to locate Poger to…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri court has struck down parts of a law meant to address concerns raised after the police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson. A Cole County judge ruled Monday it is unconstitutional to limit St. Louis-area municipalities to less traffic ticket and court fine revenues than cities elsewhere in…
STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say a former Missouri sheriff’s deputy accused of sexually abusing women has been found dead in his jail cell. Ste. Genevieve County sheriff’s Maj. Jason Schott tells the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1VOUC06 ) that 52-year-old Marty Rainey was found dead Saturday in the county jail. Schott says the Missouri…
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) – A former suburban St. Louis police officer faces sentencing in May now that he has admitted stealing items from a car investigators had set up as a decoy as part of a sting operation. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1Mobuc0) reports that 40-year-old Matthew Howze of Bowling Green pleaded guilty Monday…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A new study suggests that a community’s affluence plays a role in determining a person’s municipal court experience. Saint Louis University conducted an exit poll of 753 people leaving courts in 13 St. Louis County municipalities. Results were released Tuesday. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the poll found that both…
BENTON, Mo. (AP) – A man has been charged after police say he used a handgun as a hammer while working on a project at a southeast Missouri elementary school. A probable-cause statement from the Scott County Sheriff’s Department said that 45-year-old Jeffrey Grubbs was volunteering at a 4-H event Monday at Kelly Elementary School…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) – A former employee with the Missouri Department of Social Services has pleaded guilty to a fraud charge in connection to the misuse of over $52,000 in food-stamp benefits. The Southeast Missourian (http://bit.ly/1Rz1wjX ) reported Thursday that Pamela O’Dell pleaded guilty to mail fraud. Court documents say O’Dell was employed as…
Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) Missouri must reveal the source of the drug it uses to execute prisoners. That’s according to a ruling this week by Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem. This stemmed from a lawsuit filed by media organizations, including the St. Louis Post Dispatch and the Associated Press, seeking to uncover more information about…