JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Although state Sen. Chris Koster declared victory in Missouri's Democratic attorney general primary, his opponent is saying she may call for a recount.

Koster, a former Cass County prosecutor from Harrisonville, was ahead of state Rep. Margaret Donnelly, of St. Louis, by 854 votes out of 345,972 cast. A spokesman for Donnelly's campaign says she's not conceding and is considering a potential recount.

When races are decided by less than 1 percentage point, state law allows the second-place candidate to request a recount. That can occur after the results officially are certified. The last statewide recount came in the Republican primary for state auditor in 2006.

Sen. Michael Gibbons, of Kirkwood, was the only Republican on the ballot on Tuesday.
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Congressman Kenny Hulshof is getting ready for the general election after securing the Republican nomination for Missouri governor. It was a close race: Hulshof took 49 percent of the popular vote over State Treasurer Sarah Steelman. Attorney General Jay Nixon won in a landslide to become the Democratic challenger.
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Jim Arnott will move on to the November ballot as the Republican candidate for Greene County sheriff. He'll go up against Democrat Mike Ramon.
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CASSVILLE, Mo. -- A crash in Barry County killed a teenager from Exeter. Dylan Metscher died when his car went off the road and into a rock bluff on Tuesday night.

The crash threw the 16-year-old driver from the vehicle. He died a short time later.
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DIAMOND, Mo. -- A woman from Joplin died after an accident in Newton County on Tuesday. Jeanne Reynolds was killed when her car veered off the road near Diamond, hit a culvert and flipped. The 55-year-old woman died at the scene.
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BRANSON, Mo. - Country Singer Mickey Gilley is opening up about a medical condition with which he's been dealing the last couple of years. He's been struggling with dementia and now he credits brain surgery with stopping its onset.

Gilley told a reporter for the Branson Daily Independent that he underwent surgery at a hospital in Springfield on July 8 after suffering more than two years with symptoms of the early stages of dementia. Gilley says the disease affected his short-term memory. Doctors told him, without surgery, he would develop irreversible dementia.
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