( KTRS ) The St. Peters Police Department has issued an endangered silver advisory for a missing woman. Authorities report that 80yr old Ida Brunkhorst was last scene in Ballwin, MO. after she was stopped by police. Brunkhorst, reportedly, told officers that she had gotten lost while driving home, after shopping. Police, now report that…
( KTRS ) A University of Missouri official says about $2 million in donations have been lost in fallout from the Columbia campus unrest last fall. Simmering tensions came to a head in November protests over what student activists saw as administrators’ indifference to racial problems at the Columbia campus. Protesters were backed by some…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The University of Missouri-Columbia has reinstated the medical school dean who resigned abruptly last year. Patrick Delafontaine was reinstated as the medical school dean Thursday morning. Delafontaine resigned as dean in September, although he continued to teach and conduct research at the school. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports (http://bit.ly/1PJ7cu0 ) that…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri senator is considering whether to file a complaint against former University of Missouri football coach Gary Pinkel over his involvement in last year’s campus protests. Sen. Paul Wieland told reporters Thursday that his constituents think Pinkel’s support for the players’ game boycott amounted to extortion. He said he’ll…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri House has passed legislation requiring public employees’ annual, written permission for unions to withhold dues from their paychecks. Lawmakers passed the bill Thursday by a vote of 110-47. That’s significant because it exceeded the 109 votes that would be necessary to override a gubernatorial veto. The bill now…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – St. Louis County police officers will soon carry the heroin antidote Narcan. Training for use of the antidote is scheduled to start Thursday, soon after a news conference detailing the plan. The department says all commissioned police personnel will be trained in use of the medication, and it will be available…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri House is advancing a bill to require annual written authorization from public employee union members before paying union dues. The measure endorsed in a voice vote Wednesday would require similar approval for unions to spend worker fees on political activities. Lawmakers exempted unions representing first responders, such as police…
( KTRS ) Michael Brown’s family is urging Missouri lawmakers to overcome politics and pass a law requiring police to wear body cameras. Leslie McSpadden, Brown’s mother, told a Senate panel Wednesday that body cameras are only one piece of police reform, but would help restore trust. The bill would require police in Missouri’s largest cities…
( KTRS ) University of Missouri leaders are set to speak with state lawmakers following criticism from the Legislature over recent turmoil on the Columbia campus. University of Missouri System Interim President Mike Middleton is scheduled to speak during a hearing, later today. The hearing comes amid lawmaker frustration with the University of Missouri. Complaints include…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri House has given initial approval to a measure directing the Department of Natural Resources to auction off land it purchased with money from a lead mining settlement. Lawmakers on Tuesday endorsed the proposal to sell the land in Oregon County slated for a state park. The money from…