NEW YORK (AP) — A former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was accused of grabbing a woman’s behind and was arrested on Friday on a sex abuse charge but said the woman’s allegation “does not reflect” who he is or the values he has. Dr. Thomas Frieden was awaiting a…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — Storms brought much-needed rain to drought-ravaged Missouri on Friday, but it was too much too quickly in some cases. Drought conditions are so bad in parts of northern and southwestern Missouri that they are severely affecting corn farmers and cattle ranchers. Recent heavy rain is soaking parched pastures, but also…
COLUMBIA, MO (AP) — The University of Missouri has asked an electric scooter rental company to leave campus. Karlin Seville is the communications manager with the university’s Division of Operations. He tells The Columbia Missourian that the university doesn’t have a contract with Bird, the California-based dockless scooter rental company. Seville says the university will meet with…
JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) — Missouri Highway Patrol Superintendent Col. Sandra Karsten is retiring and will take on a job leading the state Public Safety Department. Karsten on Friday announced she will retire from the Highway Patrol Sept. 1. She will take over as acting public safety director when current Director Drew Juden steps down…
SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) — Gov. Bruce Rauner calls him “one of the youngest, most effective lobbyists” in Illinois. Hunter Martin’s two-year lobbying effort ended this week when the Republican governor signed a law requiring insurance companies to pay for replacement hearing aids every three yearsfor children under 18. The (Springfield) State Journal-Register reports that the 10-year-old Hunter lost…
CHICAGO, IL (AP) — Illinois’ attorney general is planning to meet with Chicago Archdiocese officials to discuss seven priests with links to the state who were included in a scathing Pennsylvania grand jury report on clergy sex abuse. The report released this month found that about 300 Catholic priests abused at least 1,000 children over the past…
CHICAGO, IL (AP) — Federal health officials say they’ve confirmed more than 500 cases of people who became sick with an intestinal illness after eating McDonald’s salads. The illnesses reported earlier this year are linked to the cyclospora parasite, which can cause diarrhea, intestinal pain, nausea or fatigue. The Food and Drug Administration said Friday…
Jennings, MO (KTRS) A Jennings man is facing charges in the beating death of his girlfriend’s five-year-old daughter. Twenty-eight-year-old Adrian Mobley is charged on several counts, including first-degree murder in the death of A’Yonna Milton. Authorities say Mobley repeatedly hit the child in the head, chest, and abdomen. She was taken to an area hospital…
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and AUDREY McAVOY , Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Sirens wailed while workers piled sandbags in front of hotels and police blared warnings to tourists to leave the world-famous Waikiki Beach as Hurricane Lane barreled north after dumping nearly 2 feet (61 centimeters) of rain on Hawaii’s mostly rural Big Island.…
Berkeley, MO (KTRS) An Endangered Silver Advisory is in effect for a missing elderly woman from Berkeley. Police say 70-year-old Tryvania Thompson, who suffers from memory loss, hasn’t been seen since early Thursday morning. According to the investigation, Thompson went to bed Wednesday night and is believed to have left the home on foot sometime before…