JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a woman who did not tell her sexual partner that she was HIV-positive. The court on Tuesday unanimously dismissed the woman’s challenge to Missouri’s law requiring people who are HIV-positive to inform others before sex or other activities that could expose…
( KTRS ) The Ferguson City Council has unanimously agreed to accept a U.S. Justice Department plan to overhaul its embattled police force and municipal court system. Elected leaders in the city, where the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown helped spark the Black Lives Matter movement, voted Tuesday night to approve the DOJ consent…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill says she’s returning to work after breast cancer treatment. The Democratic senator told reporters Monday that she has received a good prognosis. She spent three weeks in St. Louis receiving treatment, including surgery to remove a lump and some surrounding tissue. McCaskill said the cancer was detected…
( KTRS ) Voters in Missouri will be making their presidential choices in what could be a pivotal primary election day for some candidates. Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. today for Missouri primary voters. Residents in Florida, Illinois, North Carolina and Ohio also are holding presidential primaries. Republican billionaire businessman…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The University of Missouri curators have named a Kansas City doctor and a St. Louis attorney to lead the committee searching for a new University of Missouri president. The curators on Monday approved attorney Cheryl Walker and Dr. James Whitaker to head the committee. Both are University of Missouri graduates. The…
( KTRS ) Missouri House members are considering two Republican-sponsored bills aimed at expanding gun access at higher education institutions. Under one measure, schools that wanted to opt out would need to staff the doors of every building with armed security and metal detectors. The second bill also has exemptions, including some sporting events and areas with…
(KTRS) – Voters take to the polls in five states tomorrow, including Illinois and Missouri for presidential primaries. On the Republican side of things, there are more than 350 delegates up for grabs–or more than a quarter of delegates needed to secure the party nomination. Democrats Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton will split up nearly…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Voters will be heading to the polls on Tuesday for the Missouri and Illinois primaries. This has prompted several presidential campaign stops in both states in recent days and more are expected on Monday. Chelsea Clinton will stump for her mother, Hillary Clinton in Columbia, Clayton, and St. Louis. Hillary Clinton…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The police chief in Kansas City, Missouri is defending his officers’ use of pepper spray in handling protesters outside of Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s rally Saturday night. Chief Darryl Forte says in a series of tweets and on his blog that the protesters included a “heavy presence of known…
( KTRS/AP ) Three of Missouri’s top four lawmakers are claiming they are exempt from having to release their emails and daily calendars under the Missouri Sunshine Law. The Associated Press requested the information as part of a national Sunshine Week project conducted in all 50 states. Senate President Pro Tem Ron Richard, Senate Minority…