A county prosecutor says a Missouri highway patrol trooper acted lawfully during a traffic stop that left a Nebraska man dead.

Holt County Prosecuting Attorney Robert Shepherd determined that trooper Christopher Sullivan was justified in using deadly force during the stop in January near Craig in northwest Missouri.

Thomas Schroeder, 50,  of Omaha, Neb., was stopped for speeding when the trooper suspected he was intoxicated.

The two men struggled and investigators say Sullivan was hit several times before shooting Schroeder.

Investigators found several drivers’ licenses and other forms of identification, partially consumed bottles of liquor and $3,800 in cash in Schroeder’s car.

Missouri patrol officials say Sullivan is back on duty.

A Missouri House committee has endorsed a proposed 1-cent increase in the state sales tax to boost funding for transportation.

The proposed amendment to the Missouri Constitution would require approval in a statewide vote and would expire after 10 years.

Proponents estimate the higher sales tax would raise nearly $8 billion over 10 years for transportation projects.

The measure would dedicate 10 percent of the extra revenue to local transportation needs and freeze the state’s gas tax rate while the higher sales tax was in effect.

The Missouri House Transportation Committee endorsed the measure Tuesday. The Senate Transportation Committee held a public hearing on a similar proposal last week.

The makers of Budweiser are being accused of printing bogus alcohol content information on the label of its flagship beer.

In a lawsuit, AB-InBev is accused of watering down several beers and not telling consumers about it.

 

The complaint also says they’ve talked to several former AB employees who have confirmed the watering down actually happened.

Lawsuits were filed in several states, including California, Pennsylvania and Missouri. One Pennsylvania couple wants five-million dollars in damages and a court order requiring Budweiser to change its advertising.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Missouri universities are beginning to call off classes as a fresh round of snow begins to fall.

The University of Missouri-Columbia is canceling all classes, exams and events planned for Tuesday. Only employees who are deemed “situationally critical” are required to be on campus.

MU Health Care’s hospitals and emergency rooms will remain open, as will the MU Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital emergency service.

The University of Missouri-Kansas City canceled evening classes Monday but hadn’t yet announced whether Tuesday’s classes would be canceled.

State offices in the western two-thirds of Kansas are closed as the state prepares for its second major storm in less than a week.

Gov. Sam Brownback said Sunday that the offices will be closed at least through 6 a.m. Thursday.

His administration will decide Monday whether to close the remaining offices in the state.

The governor also extended the state of emergency he declared when the first storm hit Kansas last week.

Brownback said the Kansas Department of Transportation has its equipment and supplies ready for a storm that is forecast to dump between 8 and 24 inches across the state.

The state emergency operations center was activated Sunday and will remain operational on a 24-hour basis until further notice.

Proponents of a Medicaid expansion will get their say at the Missouri Capitol — even if they don’t get their way.

A House committee was scheduled to hear testimony Monday on a Democratic proposal to expand eligibility for the Medicaid health care program to an estimated 260,000 additional lower-income adults.

The plan has the support of Gov. Jay Nixon and is called for by President Barack Obama’s health care law.

But the Republican-led Legislature has generally opposed the Medicaid expansion.

The Democrats’ bill is not expected to pass. But Republican Rep. Jay Barnes, who is chairman of the committee, plans to introduce his own Medicaid proposal.

The opening of Missouri’s catch-and-keep trout season is coming up.

The Missouri Department of Conservation says Friday, March 1, marks the opening of the trout season at Bennett Spring State Park, Montauk Park, Roaring River State Park and Meramec Spring Park.

The department operates hatcheries at all four trout parks.

The long-range weather forecast for March 1 points to highs in the 40s and a small chance of rain. But the four state parks will be stocked with more than 25,000 trout. About 8,600 anglers are expected to turn out.

Gov. Jay Nixon is scheduled to fire the opening pistol at Montauk Hatchery near Licking, where about 2,500 people are expected.

Court documents say child porn was found on a southwest Missouri school board member’s electronic devices while authorities were investigating reports that he exposed himself.

Sixty-seven-year-old John Lewis of Sarcoxie was charged Friday in federal court in Springfield with possessing child pornography.

The U.S. attorney’s office said Lewis was arrested before Thursday night’s Sarcoxie school board meeting.

He remains in federal custody and doesn’t have an attorney.

The affidavit says Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers contacted Lewis while investigating reports that he exposed himself to a group of high school students who were working for him on his farm outside Sarcoxie. Troopers obtained a search warrant and found 19 multimedia files of child pornography and 113 images of suspected child pornography.

Authorities say children as young as 5 were shown.