Speaker urges appeal of state conscience law
Speaker of the House Tim Jones is urging Attorney General Chris Koster to appeal the court ruling throwing out the state’s conscience law on contraception insurance coverage. A federal judge says...
View ArticleTown and Country man arrested in wife’s death
A Town and Country man who says his wife was killed in a fall down some stairs has been arrested. Police think William Lynn Gunter hit his wife, Suzy, with something, causing severe head trauma. She...
View ArticleHoward County hunter shoots wolf
A Howard County hunter who thought he shot a coyote last October actually shot something else. The conservation department says DNA tests show it was a gray wolf. Gray wolves have not lived in...
View ArticleJackie Robinson movie shown early to benefit KC museum
A new movie about baseball star Jackie Robinson is set to debut nationally April 12th. But it will be shown in Kansas City a day early as a benefit for the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. When Brooklyn...
View ArticleNixon signs bill into law that extends tax credits for those who give to the...
Gov. Jay Nixon has signed a bill into law that extends several tax-credit programs. Nixon signed the bill today at the Southeast Missouri Food Bank in Cape Girardeau, one organization that benefits...
View ArticleAmeren worker killed in storm restoration efforts
Ameren Missouri says a worker was killed by electrocution this morning during storm restoration efforts. Ameren says he was taken to a local hospital where he later died. No other details are being...
View ArticlePatrol seeks car responsible for fatal accident
The Highway Patrol is looking for the car and its driver that knocked another car off the highway this weekend, resulting in a crash that killed two people and seriously injured two others. The Patrol...
View ArticleNational Guardsmen return from clearing roadside bombs in Afghanistan
The National Guard’s 1138th Engineer battalion is back home after nine months of clearing roadside bombs away from highways in Afghanistan. The unit is based in Farmington. The unit removed more than...
View ArticlePilot Knob babysitter gets parole in child’s death
A southeast Missouri babysitter has been put on probation for five years for the death of a child at her home. If Pilot Knob resident Martha Farris violates her parole, she’ll go to prison for seven...
View ArticleMotorcycle death blamed on deer
A traffic slowdown caused by deer on the highway near Kansas City has led to the death of a motorcyclist from Kansas City. The Highway Patrol says a motorcycle driven by Anthony Dunster hit the back...
View ArticleSt. Louis County woman faces charges after newborn found under a tree
A St. Louis County woman who put her newborn baby under a tree in a stranger’s yard has pleaded guilty to child endangerment. Kaitlin Norton, 21, will be sentenced later. Norton, who had given birth to...
View ArticleJackson County police say 9-year-old girl was confined to basement, denied...
A Kansas City area couple is accused of locking a 9-year-old girl in the basement, forcing her to go to the bathroom outside and providing little food or water. The punishment was allegedly the result...
View ArticleKansas City woman allegedly squeezed her baby, causing broken ribs
A Kansas City woman is charged with two felony counts of abuse after she allegedly squeezed and shook her three-month-old baby, causing broken bones and severe bruising. The Jackson County prosecutor...
View ArticleNo winners yet for Powerball, rolls to $375 million for Saturday drawing
No tickets in the state have matched all six numbers yet to win the $360 million Powerball jackpot Wednesday night, so now the jackpot is rolling to $475 million for Saturday night’s drawing. It’s the...
View ArticleDue to strong sales, Powerball jackpot pushed to $550 million
Strong sales have pushed the Powerball jackpot even higher to an estimated $550 million for Saturday night’s drawing. The cash value of the jackpot is estimated at $350.1 million. Players have until...
View ArticleReMax office owner hit by phone fraud, $600,000 bill
A ReMax real estate office in St. Peters is reeling from a $600,000 phone bill. The St. Louis Post Dispatch reports that owner Melissa Bream says someone hacked her AT&T phone system and used her...
View ArticleRoad rage leads to attack with hammer, then death
A man has been killed in a violent road rage incident in St. Louis. Police say a man driving a Lincoln Navigator was allegedly cut off by a box truck on Interstate 70, and began pursuing the truck. The...
View ArticleFamous Missouri State graduate won’t get honorary degree today after all
St. Louis native and Missouri State University graduate John Goodman will not receive an honorary degree from the Springfield school today as planned. MSU says instead, the university will confer the...
View ArticleSoldier with Missouri ties drowns in Afghanistan
A soldier who was based in Missouri has been killed. The Department of Defense says 33-year-old Seargent Trenton Rhea of Oakly, Kansas drowned in Kandahar, Afghanistan, while in combat. He was...
View ArticleLiberty man sent to prison for 20 years for killing infant daughter
A Liberty man who initially told authorities two cats had overturned his three-week-old baby’s bounce seat has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for causing her death. Thirty-year-old Tristan...
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