Month: May 2018

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner said Tuesday afternoon that she has met with Gov. Greitens’ defense team over the past several days and said they have “reached a fair and just resolution of the pending charges.” A special prosecutor from Jackson County was investigating whether to charge Greitens again with invasion of privacy. That

Al Watkins, the attorney for the ex-husband of Gov. Eric Greitens’ mistress, released a statement Tuesday night following the announcement of Greitens’ resignation. Watkins statement said, “My client moved on with his life a long time ago. He sought only to protect his family, including his former spouse. A man of influence who aspired for

UPDATE: Lt. Gov. Mike Parson, who will succeed Governor Greitens on Friday, has spoken out. He said the governor “has put the best interests of our state and all Missourians at the forefront where they belong.” He said he is ready to take on the job with “honor and integrity.” Here is the full statement:

Watch the Governor’s statement live by clicking here. In a statement released by Parker Briden, Gov. Greitens is set to make a statement at 4:15 p.m. at the Governor’s Office. The statement comes right after a former advisor of the Governor’s campaign, Michael Hafner, testified in front of the Special Investigative Meeting on Oversight, and

TONIGHT: We’ll only drop to the upper 60s overnight under partly to mostly cloudy skies. There is a slight chance of rain toward daybreak and into early Wednesday morning as weakening storms from the west move through. WEDNESDAY: After a spot shower or storm chance in the early morning, we’ll have partly cloudy skies and

One man was charged on Tuesday after deputies claim he assaulted a woman inside a Callaway County hotel. Employees made a report on Monday, Memorial Day, after hearing someone scream for help in the second-floor hallway at the Quality Inn. The victim says Eric Huddleston bit her ear. The sheriff’s department reports surveillance video shows

A Cole County judge ordered two groups to turn over documents in a case involving Gov. Eric Greitens on Tuesday morning. Lawyers for A New Missouri, Inc. and Greitens for Missouri argued last week that both organizations shouldn’t have to present documents to a Special House Investigative Committee looking into allegations of criminal misconduct against

To watch the Special Investigative Committee meeting live, click here. The second week of the Special Session investigating Governor Greitens began today at 10 a.m. questioning a former advisor of the Governor’s campaign, Michael Hafner. It is the second time the committee called Hafner to the chair to testify. Representative Jay Barnes questioned Hafner for

THIS AFTERNOON: Storms are possible this afternoon and evening across mid-Missouri as energy off Alberto continues to swing into the area. While we’re not looking at the direct impacts of the storm system, the bits and pieces that do come our way will help spark off isolated showers and thunderstorms similar to what we have

A corrections officer employed by the Missouri Department of Corrections and a former mental health therapist have been accused of sexually assaulting a former inmate at the women’s prison in Chillicothe, according to an official release. A federal lawsuit was filed on Tuesday, claiming that the officer and the former therapist violently and repeatedly attacked

On Saturday, May 26, 2018, at 2:25 am, the Mexico Department of Public Safety was called to the 600 block of Wade Street for a robbery, according to a Facebook post. A 55-year-old man from Indiana who was in town for Memorial Day weekend was at a local bar, buying drinks for other patrons, when

According to a press release, Camden County Deputies saw Lindsay Rush, 38, from Jefferson City, Mo., driving carelessly through a crowd of pedestrians on Sweet William Road in Lake Ozark on Friday. Rush was told by deputies to pull her vehicle to the side of the road, but she refused to stop and continued to

In a press release from Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley, he announced that John R. Davidson, 46, formerly of Kansas City, has been committed as a sexually violent predator. The release says Davidson has a twenty-year history of sexually abusing young children and continues in more detail about the incidents: “In 1998, Davidson was arrested

According to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, nine people died in traffic crashes over the 2018 Memorial Day weekend in Missouri. During the counting period of 6:00 p.m. on Friday, May 25, through 11:59 p.m., Monday, May 28, 2018, MSHP investigated 294 traffic crashes, which included 124 injuries and eight deaths. According

To watch the Special Investigative Committee meeting live, click here. The House Special Investigative Committee on Oversight investigating Gov. Eric Greitens will meet Tuesday morning after having a break over the holiday weekend. The committee hearing starts at 10 a.m. at the state Capitol in House Hearing Room 5. The committee is expected to hear

Crews are set to start the second phase of a bridge repair project Tuesday night on Highway 63 south of Columbia. MoDOT crews will shift their work over the Bonne Femme Creek by closing the passing lane of the highway and reopening the driving lane. The shift is set to happen during the overnight hours.

TODAY: The summer like pattern continues across Mid-Missouri, with warmer conditions expected west of Hwy 63. A subtropical depression Alberto continues to track into the Deep South, clouds and moisture will stream into Mid-Missouri. This will primarily affect areas along and east of Hwy 63. This will lead to some isolated storms throughout the day.

The forensic examiner who looked at Gov. Eric Greitens’ cell phone is expected to speak to the special House investigative committee at 10 a.m. You can watch the live stream here. Greitens’ attorneys have said that the forensic examiner in the criminal trial did not find any evidence of the alleged picture of his former

A 23-year-old man died in a crash Monday morning after his motorcycle traveled off the right side of the roadway and overturned, bringing the total number of traffic fatalities during the 2018 Memorial Day weekend to seven. The Missouri State Highway Patrol collects data every Memorial Day weekend on the number of fatalities from car

A proposed solar field in east Columbia could provide the city its largest boost of solar energy to date. The city’s planning department will hold an informational meeting Tuesday night to discuss rezoning land on I-70 Drive Southeast, just south of I-70 and Demaret Drive. The plan by Cypress Creek Renewables, called the Truman Solar