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BRANSON MO NEWS: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Missouri House committee investigating Republican Gov. Eric Greitens has hired former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Edward “Chip” Robertson Jr. as special counsel.
Chairman Rep. Jay Barnes in a Wednesday statement said Sedalia attorney Mark Kempton, a former county prosecutor, also is helping the committee.
House communications director Trevor Fox says both are working pro bono. The House is reimbursing their out-of-pocket expenses.
The Republican-led House launched an investigation after a grand jury indicted Greitens on a felony invasion-of-privacy charge over allegations that he took a partially nude photograph of a woman he said he had an extramarital affair with in 2015.
The panel is still investigating separate claims Greitens took a donor list without permission from a veterans’ charity and used it for his gubernatorial campaign.
NORMANDY, Mo. — A suburban St. Louis school district has suspended a security official accused of using a stun gun on a 14-year-old.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Normandy police chief Frank Mininni said the security official was arrested Friday at Normandy Middle School after witnesses were interviewed and security footage reviewed. No charges have been filed.
Mininni said the pupil was a half-day student who was getting ready to go home when the security official told him to go back to class. Mininni said the student replied, “I’m not going back to class, I’m going home,” and tried to outpace the security official before being stunned. Police called an ambulance, but the student’s father took him to a hospital.
A school district spokeswoman said the district is cooperating with police.
BRANSON, Mo. — Branson will not be giving tax incentives to developers of a proposed $446 million water park and resort.
The Branson Board of Aldermen voted 5-1 against the incentives Tuesday night.
The Springfield News-Leader reported the proposal …
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