JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander is sending findings from an investigation of a state House race to state and federal prosecutors to determine if charges are warranted. A report from Kander’s office Wednesday also said it “strongly encourages” the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office to review every absentee ballot…
( KTRS ) Two Arizona women have been charged with money laundering in Madison County, IL. On September 4th, the women were heading southbound on I-55/70 when they were pulled over by an Illinois State Police trooper for speeding. During a search of the vehicle, troopers found several hidden compartments and $500,000 cash. Madison County…
( KTRS ) The City of Ferguson is hosting a town hall meeting this evening to discuss the growing drug epidemic in the St. Louis area. Figures taken between 2012-2014 show there were 516 drug related deaths in St. Louis County and 287 in St. Louis City. The meeting will start Wednesday at 7pm inside the…
Authorities have ID’ the body of a man discovered in a burning car in Riverview Tuesday morning. Police say the man is 29-year-old Darren Seals, also known as King D Seals. Fox 2 news reports that for the last two years Seals had taken an active role in the Ferguson protests and had a following…
CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) – Southern Illinois University officials say fall enrollment is down 7.5 percent from the same period a year ago. Interim Chancellor Brad Colwell says 15,987 have enrolled this fall, compared to 17,292 last year. University officials said Tuesday they aren’t surprised by the drop in enrollment. University officials say the loss of…
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – After competing in pageants for generations in the closet or working behind the scenes, gays and lesbians finally get to see one of their own take one of pageantry’s biggest stages. Miss Missouri, Erin O’ Flaherty, will compete for the Miss America crown on Sept. 11 as the first openly…
( KTRS ) Authorities have identified the teenager who died after walking into the path of a tractor-trailer on I-70 near St. Louis. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says Ethan Brumbeloe of O’Fallon, MO. was hit Sunday evening while on a westbound lane of the freeway in St. Charles County. It’s not immediately clear why…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A recent state audit says Missouri is making in-state and out-of-state students bear more of the costs at public universities and colleges, prompting Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon to respond that the state is a national leader in college affordability. Nixon touted Missouri’s lowest-in-the-nation in-state undergraduate tuition increases since 2008. He…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A University of Missouri assistant communications professor fired for her conduct during student protests late last year has a new job with a university in Washington state. The Kansas City Star reports that Melissa Click has been hired as a lecturer at Gonzaga University in Spokane. Click was fired in February…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri woman who has lived with a hypodermic needle lodged in her back for nearly seven years has been awarded a $507,000 judgment in a medical malpractice lawsuit. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that a St. Louis County jury last week sided with Claudia Ball after a four-day trial. In…