( KTRS ) Gov. Jay Nixon is traveling to South America next week for a trade mission. Nixon says he’s traveling to Colombia and Peru from Saturday through the following Friday. Like previous trade missions, Nixon says the goal is to increase exports and encourage companies from those countries to invest in Missouri. This is Nixon’s first…
( KTRS ) A Columbia man who robbed six banks and used a bicycle as his getaway vehicle will spend almost five years in federal prison. Shaun Christopher Becker has been sentenced to four years and nine months in prison without parole. He was also ordered to pay $4,490 in restitution. Becker admitted to robbing…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner will propose fixing the state’s underfunded pension system and eliminating what he says is wasteful bureaucracy in public schools during his State of the State address. The Republican governor is delivering his second State of the State speech Wednesday with no budget and mounting pressure over the…
BURNS, Ore. (AP) – The leaders of an armed group that’s occupied a national wildlife refuge in Oregon for the past three weeks are under arrest. Militant leader Ammon Bundy and his followers were reportedly heading to a community meeting Tuesday afternoon when they were stopped by FBI agents. Bundy, his brother and three others were…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – An assistant professor at the University of Missouri has pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge stemming from a campus run-in with student journalists during protests in November. A spokeswoman for Columbia’s city prosecutor says an attorney for Melissa Click entered the plea on Click’s behalf Tuesday in municipal court.…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri lawmaker says a colleague upset over a right-to-work bill took a swing at him in an alley outside a Jefferson City restaurant and the two ended up in a fistfight. Rep. Courtney Allen Curtis released a copy of the restraining order Tuesday that he filed against Rep. Michael…
Florissant, MO (KTRS) Efforts continue to gather information on potential health risks linked to Coldwater Creek in north county. The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry held a second open house on Monday at the Jamestown Bluff Branch of the St. Louis County Public Library in Florissant, where residents had the opportunity to meet…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A bill capping municipal courts fines for ordinance violations has won initial approval in the Missouri Senate. Senators debated the measure for more than two hours Tuesday before finalizing its language. It still needs a final vote before going to the House. Bill sponsor Sen. Eric Schmitt said some cities…
Richardson’s guilty plea to the most serious offense will be expunged if he successfully completes probation
St. Louis (AP) – A nonprofit coordinating a $380-million renovation of the Gateway Arch grounds in St. Louis says it has reached its fundraising goal of $250 million. The CityArchRiver Foundation says it will use $221 million toward construction costs. The additional $29 million will go to an endowment meant to maintain and operate the…