COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Deaths from opioid overdose could exceed traffic fatalities in Missouri this year, for the first time ever. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has recorded 733 opioid overdose deaths through Aug. 31, compared to 591 traffic deaths recorded by the Missouri State Highway…
Report: Opioid Deaths May Top Traffic Fatalities In Missouri
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Missourians Can Fly With Current IDs For Up To One More Year
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri has received a temporary federal waiver that will allow state residents to board airplanes and enter federal installations using their current driver’s licenses and identification cards. The Missouri Department of Revenue announced Tuesday the state will have until at least October 2018 to comply with a federal REAL ID…
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President Trump Visits St. Charles To Promote Tax Plan
St. Charles, MO (KTRS) President Donald Trump visited the St. Louis area on Wednesday to drum up support for the G-O-P tax overhaul plan. Trump delivered his remarks to about a thousand supporters at the St. Charles Convention Center. The President laid out his selling points for the plan, which he claims will benefit the…
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Missouri ‘High Risk’ State For Deer Accidents
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — Insurance companies have classified Missouri as one of three states deemed “high-risk” for deer collisions. The other two states considered “high-risk” are Arkansas and Kansas according to State Farm, which insures between 20 and 25 percent of vehicles in Missouri, the Joplin Globe reported. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said that…
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Some In Missouri With HIV To Lose Health Insurance In 2018
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Some HIV-positive patients in nearly half the counties in Missouri will lose health insurance coverage next year. The Department of Health and Senior Services announced that nearly 100 HIV patients in Missouri will no longer have access to a comprehensive health insurance plan effective Jan. 1 as a result of high…
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First Snow In Missouri, 1 Death Blamed On Slick Roadway
ST. LOUIS (AP) — At least one person has died on Missouri roads after the season’s first snowfall made driving treacherous. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports that 85-year-old Charles Terbrock of Foristell was traveling on U.S. 61 near Wentzville when his car slid on an icy bridge, struck a guardrail and overturned. Several parts…
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St. Louis Protests, GOP Gains Among Missouri’s Top Stories In 2017
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republican gains and protests that erupted after a white officer’s acquittal in a black suspect’s shooting death were among the top 10 stories in Missouri in 2017. The full list is: RACE ISSUES DOMINATE AFTER OFFICER’S AQUITTAL IN ST. LOUIS POLICE SHOOTING The acquittal of a white police office in…
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Missouri’s Minimum Wage Goes Up On January 1st.
Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) The New Year brings an increase in Missouri’s minimum wage. The minimum wage for the state goes up $.15 an hour on January 1, 2018. This brings the new minimum wage is $7.85 an hour. St. Louis City approved measure to raise the minimum wage to $10 an hour in 2017.…
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Dozens Of Schools Closed Due To Weather
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Although the St. Louis area dodged the bullet with the first winter storm of the season, dozens of schools are closed in the outlying areas. SCHOOL CLOSINGS FOR MONDAY, JANUARY 8TH: ALEX Recovery School Desloge | CLOSED Arcadia Valley R 2 | CLOSED Belleview R 3 | CLOSED Boncl R 10…
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Governor Greitens To Give Second State Of The State
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Republican Gov. Eric Greitens is set to give his second State of the State speech. Greitens will address the Republican-led Legislature Wednesday night at the Capitol to lay out priorities. He’ll release his budget proposal later. The first-time elected official has previously said he wants to enact tax changes,…
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Governor Greitens Focused On Moving Forward After Affair
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens says he won’t let a “personal mistake” of an extramarital affair deter him from his work as governor. The Republican governor posted a statement Tuesday on his Facebook page as at least five Republican lawmakers called on him to resign. Greitens first acknowledged being “unfaithful” to…
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Officials: Small Earthquake Felt In Missouri, Tennessee
CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey says a 3.6 magnitude earthquake has been recorded in southeastern Missouri. The survey says the earthquake struck Tuesday more than 2 miles (4 kilometers) southwest of Caruthersville, Missouri. No damage has been reported, but the survey reports the quake also was felt in parts of West Tennessee,…
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Meteor credited For Bright Light, Noise Rattling Michigan
DETROIT (AP) — Experts say a bright light and what sounded like thunder in the sky above Michigan was a meteor. The American Meteor Society says it received hundreds of reports of a fireball Tuesday night over the state, including many in the Detroit area. Reports also came in from several other states and Ontario,…
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Feasibility Study To Be Conducted On A Hyperloop System In Missouri
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A feasibility study will be conducted on a hyperloop system in Missouri. The Missouri Hyperloop Coalition made that announcement on Tuesday. The project aims to construct a hyperloop route linking Kansas City, Columbia, and St. Louis along the I-70 corridor. Diana Zhou, Strategy Manager for Hyperloop One, says travel from St.…
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Missouri Bill Addresses Shackles On Pregnant Inmates
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri lawmaker has introduced a bill that would ban pregnant inmates from being shackled and chained during labor. The bill would ban a state correctional center or a city or county jail from using restraints on a woman in the third trimester of her pregnancy during medical care. It…
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Two killed, More Than 100 vehicles Crash On Icy Missouri Roads
ROLLA, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say at least two people have died in a series of crashes involving more than 100 vehicles on snowy and icy Missouri highways. The Kansas City Star says the series of wrecks began around 2 p.m. Sunday, with the worst involving 30 vehicles on Interstate 44 near Rolla. The Missouri…
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Attorney: Grand Jury Investigating Missouri Governor Affair
By JIM SALTER, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The man whose then-wife had an affair with Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens has been subpoenaed to testify before a St. Louis grand jury, the man’s attorney said Monday. “It’s been stepped up a notch,” attorney Al Watkins said. “It means a grand jury is seated and is…
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Missouri Bill Would Up Penalties For Protesters On Highways
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers are considering a bill that would increase penalties for protesters who block highways. A Missouri Senate committee heard the bill sponsored by Republican Sen. Jeanie Riddle this week, the Columbia Missourian reported. The proposed legislation would make it a Class A misdemeanor on first offense if a person…
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Missouri Bill To Allow Faculty To Carry Guns
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow universities designate full-time faculty as “campus protection officers” who can carry concealed weapons. Republican Rep. Dean Dohrman introduced the bill to the House Higher Education Committee Wednesday with hopes of college campus safety in an age of increasingly frequent mass shootings,…
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Wild Weather, In Varying Forms, Across Missouri & Kansas
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Residents throughout much of Missouri and Kansas will be dealing with potentially dangerous weather conditions on Tuesday, but in wildly varying forms. Freezing rain was falling in parts of Kansas Tuesday morning, with several accidents reported. Schools in some parts of Kansas and western Missouri extended the President’s Day weekend to…
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