COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The University of Missouri System plans to enact several initiatives in the next 90 days to address racial turmoil that led to the resignations of President Tim Wolfe and Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin. The university system said in a news release Monday that it will appoint its first chief officer for…
(KTRS) – Missouri voters may have several votes to cast next year on the legalization of marijuana for different reasons. One plan to allow for medical marijuana is in the petition stage, supporters are working to gather 168,000 legal signatures to place the initiative on the 2016 ballot. Support for medical marijuana has been difficult…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Eighteen convicted killers have been executed in Missouri in the last two years, a pace that is expected to slow significantly with death sentences on the decline and many of the 28 remaining death row inmates still filing appeals. Only Texas, with 24, has performed more executions than Missouri since November…
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – A new study suggests that wealthy people are more likely to get on multiple waiting lists and to score an organ transplant, and less likely to die while waiting for one. Donor organs are assigned based on medical need, time on a waiting list and other factors. Patients can get on…
NEW YORK (AP) – The early ratings are in for Donald Trump’s appearance on “SNL” and they’re solid, but not “HUGE.” Preliminary Nielsen ratings measuring households in 56 U.S. markets gave the “Saturday Night Live” episode its highest rating since only January 2012. Basketball great Charles Barkley was host that night. The Republican presidential hopeful’s…
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – Chris Christie will miss out on the main stage at this week’s GOP debate, but you won’t catch the New Jersey governor complaining about it. Fox Business Network said last week that Christie didn’t have the poll numbers needed to qualify for Tuesday’s prime-time debate. The announcement came as Christie appeared…
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(KTRS) – A chase involved the Missouri State Highway Patrol ended after a trooper fired at a suspect multiple times, but officials now say the man was not shot. The Post-Dispatch reports that although the man’s leg was injured, he was not shot. The incident began just after 8 AM Monday when a trooper spotted…
