(KTRS) – There will be a new sexual education curriculum for students in the Parkway school district after a tight vote by the school board. The Post-Dispatch reports that the biggest changes include teaching eighth through tenth-grade students about LGBT issues, sexual consent, and protection against sexual predators. Students turned out at last night’s school…
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. (AP) – Two shipping companies have paid nearly $3.7 million in civil penalties related to fraudulent contracts for U.S. Department of Defense efforts in Afghanistan. Federal prosecutors in the southern district of Illinois announced the fines against Farrell Lines and Damco USA on Thursday. Acting U.S. Attorney Jim Porter says…
Poplar Bluff, MO (KTRS) Poplar Bluff police say a man accused in a fatal shooting blames what he calls “bad dope” for the crime. Joseph Wade Wisdom of Poplar Bluff is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of 50-year-old Stahl Lee Sturgeon of Doniphan. Sturgeon’s body was found Tuesday inside his car at…
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama says he’s holding out hope that “cooler heads will prevail” and Republicans will back down from plan to block a Supreme Court nominee. Obama says he’s looking for a candidate whose credentials would earn easy confirmation in a less-heated political environment. He says he’s also looking for a candidate…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has staked out uncompromising positions on Asia policy that could potentially strain U.S. relations with the region if he wins the White House. He says China is ripping off America in trade and should be slapped with a fat import tax. And he claims U.S. military allies…
Rubio’s campaign isn’t spending a single dollar on radio or television advertising in Florida
Carbondale, IL (KTRS) Hundreds of Southern Illinois University employees could be laid off if the university loses over $45 million in state funding in the budget for fiscal year 2017. President Randy Dunn issued a report Wednesday that detailed how the university’s three campuses would be affected if Governor Bruce Rauner’s proposed 20 percent reduction in…
East St. Louis, IL (KTRS) A suspect is being sought in connection with a hit and run accident that claimed the life of a child in East St. Louis. Police say the 11-year-old boy who a family member has identified as Maurice Richards, was struck by a passing vehicle Wednesday night in the 3700 block…
( KTRS ) The Missouri House has endorsed a bill creating a grant program to attract more conventions to the state. Lawmakers gave initial approval Wednesday to a measure authorizing grants for large conventions that could cover up to half the operating expenses. Eligible conventions would have to draw at least half their attendees from…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Kevin Shattenkirk scored the decisive goal in the sixth round of the shootout to lift the St. Louis Blues to a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday night for their fourth straight win. David Backes and Troy Brouwer scored in the third period for the Blues and Jake Allen…