Last year’s criminal case involving Missouri’s former governor is under the scrutiny of a second special prosecutor, this time to investigate allegations from St. Louis’ prosecutor. A judge on Tuesday appointed retired Judge Michael Bradley of Columbia to investigate allegations filed against Republican Eric Greitens’ attorneys by Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner. She alleges that Greitens’ […]
Missouri is working to settle a lawsuit alleging that the state over-medicated foster children with psychotropic drugs. A federal judge on Monday gave preliminary approval to a settlement agreement that calls for the state to make systemic changes to how it oversees prescriptions for children in foster care. Child advocates filed the class-action lawsuit against […]
One of Missouri’s largest private landowners is following the state’s lead in seeking to eradicate feral hogs. The L-A-D Foundation plans to ban feral hog hunting on its property and instead trap large groups of hogs. The foundation is dedicated to preserving land once logged too aggressively and owns 147,000 acres in southeast Missouri, much […]
An 8-year-old boy is dead and four others are hospitalized after a horse-drawn carriage carrying a Mennonite family was struck from behind by a pickup truck in Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident happened early Thursday morning in a remote area of St. Francois County, about 80 miles southwest of St. Louis. […]
Missouri drivers soon will no longer be required to get inspections on vehicles less than 10 years old. Governor Mike Parson on Wednesday signed legislation to change the state’s vehicle safety inspection rules. Currently, inspections are required every other year for vehicles 5 years or older. Parson’s action will bump that back to vehicles at […]
A Cole County judge has dismissed a lawsuit that alleged Missouri Governor Mike Parson’s administration broke the state open-records law. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Cole County Judge Patricia Joyce on Monday tossed the lawsuit. Democratic attorney general candidate Elad Gross had sued Parson’s office last year after the administration sent him a more […]
Missouri scientists are trying to save the state’s dwindling population of alligator gar, one of the country’s largest and most feared fish species. KWMU-FM says that Missouri Department of Conservation officials have stocked the species in locations near the Mississippi River eight times in the last 12 years. Alligator gar have declined in part because […]
The first authorized marijuana farmers in Missouri will have to commit a crime to begin growing, and regulators are expected to turn a blind eye. In November, Missouri voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment legalizing marijuana and marijuana-infused products for patients who suffer from serious illnesses. But the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the amendment […]