Missouri Sate Water Patrol

A Missouri legislator has filed a bill to reverse the 2011 merger of the state's water patrol division and the Highway Patrol.

Authorities say a man has died after falling off a boat in a Mississippi River diversion channel.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers plan to review the effects of a 2011 merger of the state Highway and Water patrols after a man drowned this year while in trooper custody. Twenty-year-old Iowa resident Brandon Ellingson was handcuffed when he drowned May 31 in the Lake of the Ozarks...