by Jessica Machetta | May 14, 2013 | News, Politics / Govt
Missouri’s U.S. Senators are calling for firings after the Internal Revenue Service Acting Commissioner allegedly targeted conservative groups. Sen. Roy Blunt says Commissioner Steven Miller knew about the actions and misled members of Congress about them. He...
by Jessica Machetta | May 13, 2013 | News
A St. Louis County woman who put her newborn baby under a tree in a stranger’s yard has pleaded guilty to child endangerment. Kaitlin Norton, 21, will be sentenced later. Norton, who had given birth to the baby in the basement of her boyfriend’s home,...
by Jessica Machetta | May 13, 2013 | News
A traffic slowdown caused by deer on the highway near Kansas City has led to the death of a motorcyclist from Kansas City. The Highway Patrol says a motorcycle driven by Anthony Dunster hit the back end of a car that had slowed for the deer. His 11-year-old son...
by Jessica Machetta | May 13, 2013 | News
A southeast Missouri babysitter has been put on probation for five years for the death of a child at her home. If Pilot Knob resident Martha Farris violates her parole, she’ll go to prison for seven years. Farris has not contested the charge against her that she...
by Jessica Machetta | May 13, 2013 | News
The National Guard’s 1138th Engineer battalion is back home after nine months of clearing roadside bombs away from highways in Afghanistan. The unit is based in Farmington. The unit removed more than 70 bombs from about 25 roads. Four members of the unit earned...
