( 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…
MOSCOW (AP) – Russia’s defense ministry says its military at the Russian air base in Syria is getting ready for some of its planes and fighter jets to return home. President Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian military to withdraw most of its forces from Syria, timing his move to coincide with the resumption of Syria…
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…
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…
CIMARRON, Kan. (AP) – An Amtrak train derailed in southwest Kansas, sending eleven people to the hospital. An Amtrak statement says the train was traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago early Monday when it derailed just after midnight about 20 miles west of Dodge City. Kansas Highway Patrol communication specialist Patricia Munford says five train…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – A St. Louis County man is jailed on $750,000 cash bond after being accused of what authorities described as a drug-related shooting death. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1nHuAhj ) reports that 25-year-old Marlon Deandre Griffin is charged with second-degree murder, armed criminal action and distribution of a controlled substance. He’s accused…
( 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…