Authorities say a St. Louis-area man wrote his own name and address on an envelope he used to send a painkiller to a jailed inmate. KMOV-TV reports that Warren County prosecutors have charged 58-year-old Kenneth Dufrenne of St. Charles with ...
Read More »Nixon signs Missouri bill for stillborn baby tax exemption
Missouri soon will have an income tax exemption for parents of stillborn children. Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon on Monday signed a tax bill into law that includes the provision for exemptions for stillborn babies. The measure will allow those parents ...
Read More »Farmers eager for drones, but most can’t legally fly them
Mike Geske wants a drone. Watching a flying demonstration on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, the Missouri farmer envisions using an unmanned aerial vehicle to monitor the irrigation pipes on his farm — a job he now pays three men to do. ...
Read More »Columbia man accused of attacking girlfriend with banister
A Columbia man has been arrested on suspicion of choking and hitting girlfriend with a wooden banister. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports a 37-year-old man was arrested Sunday and faces several charges including two counts of second-degree domestic assault and ...
Read More »Tentative plan to keep Amtrak running in Kansas and Missouri
Amtrak routes across Kansas and Missouri could keep running under a tentative agreement reached in a dispute over federally required safety systems, officials said Monday. The rail passenger service had warned it might stop or reroute its Southwest Chief line ...
Read More »3 Supreme Court justices maintain substantial stock holdings
New personal financial disclosures from the Supreme Court show that Chief Justice John Roberts and two other justices are maintaining significant investments in individual companies’ stock. The details of investments held by Roberts, Justice Samuel Alito and Justice Stephen Breyer are ...
Read More »Missouri prosecutor decries store owner’s shooting of teen
A Kansas City, Missouri, area prosecutor says she’s seeking the highest punishment for a store clerk accused of shooting a teenager who allegedly was shoplifting cookies. Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker’s office charged 26-year-old Mohammed Abdi on Wednesday with ...
Read More »Ameren utility looks to build eastern Missouri solar plant
Ameren Missouri has asked regulators for permission to build a solar plant along a half-mile Interstate 70 stretch in eastern Missouri’s Montgomery County. The utility, in its application to the Missouri Public Service Commission, said it wants to create a ...
Read More »Experts: Hacking probe will stretch if Cards execs involved
The federal hacking investigation of the St. Louis Cardinals could take longer if high-level executives are implicated in the breach of the Houston Astros’ database, according to legal experts. The investigation is likely several months old, with much of the ...
Read More »Trade schools have to find grads jobs, or lose financial aid
Exotic dancers hired as admissions counselors. Recruiters told to seek out “impatient” individuals who have “few people in their lives who care about them.” Military personnel still recovering from brain damage told to sign on the dotted line. In the ...
Read More »Rookie police officer follows in dad’s footsteps
David Weinhold was 8 years old when his father was fatally shot while on duty as a St. Louis County police officer. The now 22-year-old is now following in his father’s footsteps as a rookie officer with the county police ...
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