( KTRS ) A missing 9 month old baby boy has been returned safely, but police are still looking for the father. An Amber Alert for Brian Scott Pullen was issued after he was taken by his noncustodial parent, Brian Keith Pullen, on Sunday before noon. A female acquaintance of Pullen reportedly called police to…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri lawmakers are moving forward with proposals to end union-only contracts in public construction. Both the House and Senate on Thursday passed versions of a measure to do so. Local governments in Missouri currently have the option to issue bid requirements mandating union working conditions for contractors if the projects…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri appellate court has ruled that the state’s prison officials aren’t obligated to publicly reveal the source of the drug used to execute death row inmates. The Kansas City Star reports that the appellate court’s Western District decided Tuesday to overturn a 2016 trial court ruling that the state…
( KTRS ) A 16 yr old is currently in the custody of the Juvenile Courts following a fatal shooting and a carjacking in the Tower Grove neighborhood. The shooting happened Friday in the 3800 block of Juniata Street. The teen boy is being held on second-degree murder, robbery and armed criminal action charges. He…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri state park named after former Gov. Jay Nixon has been closed, weeks after it opened. Missouri Department of Natural Resources spokesman Tom Bastian told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Wednesday that Jay Nixon State Park in Reynolds County closed Feb. 8 due to potential safety concerns. Nixon, a Democrat,…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled the state can recoup around $50 million in lost tobacco settlement money. The 4-0 decision was reached Tuesday. At dispute was money guaranteed to Missouri and 45 other states through a 1998 settlement with major tobacco manufacturers. The settlement is aimed at covering the…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Jefferson City man who posted pictures of stolen guns and other property on Facebook has pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of firearms. Federal prosecutors say Jefferson City police searched the home of 27-year-old Tremaine Cordell Smith in January 2016 looking for stolen property after Smith had…
( KTRS ) Two men have been arrested after robbing a man during a daylight drug deal. Police say the drug deal/robbery took place at 5pm Sunday in the Chesterfield Mall parking lot. When the man who wanted to buy drugs met them in the parking lot, the suspects displayed a handgun and demanded his…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner will propose a third annual budget that is likely to be shelved by the Legislature like his first two. Rauner addresses a joint session of the Legislature on Wednesday. He will outline budget priorities for the fiscal year that begins July 1. There has been no state…
( KTRS ) A woman from Springfield Illinois has been arrested in connection with two bank robberies in Southern Illinois. Police report that on January 20th a National Bank in Edwardsville was robbed by a a white female wearing sunglasses and a hooded sweatshirt. This past Friday, February 10th, another bank was robbed in Glen…