( KTRS ) The Missouri health department and Republican lawmakers disagree over what state law requires to license certain abortion clinics. A GOP-led Senate committee and Department of Health and Senior Services Director Gail Vasterling debated Tuesday whether a Columbia Planned Parenthood meets legal requirements for abortions. The clinic was licensed in July to give […]
Missouri abortion licensing law splits GOP, health officials
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Cat’s Picks Are In: Doughnuts and Filipino Edition
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APA’s Fuzzy Friend Of The Week
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Amnesty Program For Delinquent Missouri Taxpayers To Kick Off
Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) Starting Tuesday, delinquent Missouri taxpayers can pay back taxes without penalties or interest under a temporary amnesty program. Participants must follow tax laws and pay on time for the next eight years or face paying previously waived fines and interest. Revenue department estimates show roughly 350,000 taxpayers could be eligible, potentially […]
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Condemned inmate asks Supreme Court to stay execution
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The attorney for convicted killer Roderick Nunley is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his client’s execution because the death penalty amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. But a detective who helped break the case says Nunley should have been put to death long ago. Nunley is scheduled to die […]
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Missouri Ethics Commission takes issue with lobbyist meal
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Ethics Commission has found that lobbyists likely broke state laws requiring them to name lawmakers they buy meals for. The commission issued letters of concern to seven lobbyists this past week regarding a Texas steak house dinner with legislators. The lobbyists were among 15 who split a nearly […]
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Man Spends 21 Years in Prison For Marijuana Released
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Man Serving Life For Marijuana Offense Released From Prison
Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) A Missouri man sentenced to life without parole for marijuana-related offenses is free. Jeff Mizanskey was released Tuesday morning after spending over two decades in prison. Police say Mizanskey conspired to sell 6 pounds of pot to a dealer connected to Mexican drug cartels. He was sentenced and convicted as a […]
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Cat’s Picks Are In: Randolfi’s and Fleur De Lilies
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Senator Blunt: VA Doesn’t Deserve The Support Of The VFW
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Man tries to get help for wife, drowns in Meramec River
( KTRS ) A 64-year-old man has drowned in the Meramec River while attempting to get help for his injured wife in Franklin County. Danny Maddux of Barnhart was pronounced dead at 2:40 p.m. Monday at Meramec State Park. According to the Missouri Water Patrol, Maddux and his wife were canoeing on the river when […]
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Fire marshal says cause of fire that killed 4 undetermined
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s fire marshal says investigators are not able to determine the cause of an August fire in Osage Beach that killed four children. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports (http://bit.ly/1JR3SI7 ) a fire investigator’s report released Tuesday found the damage was so extensive he could not determine whether the fire was […]
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2 drown in Missouri pool; drugs, alcohol possible factors
PEVELY, Mo. (AP) – Authorities believe drugs and alcohol may have been contributing factors in the deaths of a man and woman found floating in an above-ground swimming pool in eastern Missouri. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1iv1Vu4 ) reports that the victims were identified Tuesday as Matthew Kissee and his girlfriend, Davina Crane, both 36. […]
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Contract worker admits destroying some military records
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A contract worker for a national military records repository in St. Louis has admitted in federal court that he mutilated or destroyed dozens of the records. Thirty-one-year-old Peter Panouzis of East Alton, Illinois, pleaded guilty to a count of destruction of public records. Federal prosecutors say Panouzis was hired by Ancestry.com […]
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Missouri Supreme Court sets November execution
Johnson killied three workers at a Columbia convenience store more than two decades ago
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Missouri marijuana campaign hires top political consultant
( KTRS ) A campaign committee in support of medical marijuana in Missouri has hired a prominent political consultant and started raising money for the cause, signs that a medical pot proposal might have a serious chance of making it on the 2016 ballot. Jack Cardetti, who worked on successful campaigns for Democratic Gov. Jay […]
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The Things You Didn’t Know About Real Estate
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Ozark fire settles same-sex benefits lawsuit with ACLU.
OZARK, Mo. (AP) – A small southwest Missouri fire department has settled a lawsuit with the American Civil Liberties Union and a former fire captain who was seeking benefits for her same-sex wife. Fire Capt. Andi Mooneyham and the ACLU sued the Ozark Fire Protection District over its refusal to put her wife on its […]
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Man charged in plot to bomb 9/11 memorial
( KTRS ) A Florida man faces up to 20 years in federal prison after authorities say he was trying to help plan an attack on an upcoming 9/11 memorial in Missouri. 20-year-old Joshua Ryne Goldberg has been arrested and charged with distributing information relating to explosives, destructive devices and weapons of mass destruction. A […]
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Clayton police investigate notes with racial slurs
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – Police in the St. Louis suburb of Clayton are investigating a bizarre finding: Several notes with racial slurs left on vehicles. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1LmnsvL ) reports that seven residents on Monday morning found rambling hand-written notes on the windshields of their cars. The notes had racist messages, but some […]
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