Predictions of 2017 – Movie theaters will go back to having Double Features, and a duo (brothers, or maybe a man and a woman) will have a profound impact on America and American politics…..you heard it first!
Jim Tudor, President of the St. Louis Film Critics Association and Co-Founder of ZekeFilm.org, joined Max Foizey and Josh Gilbert on 550 KTRS to discuss his top 10 films of 2016!
KIRKSVILLE, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Republican Gov.-elect Eric Greitens is kicking off a statewide tour in advance of his upcoming inauguration. Greitens started his tour Tuesday at Truman State University in Kirksville. He thanked a crowd of supporters on campus and promised to remember them when he takes office Jan. 9. He also planned Tuesday…
(KTRS) –Â St. Louis Public Schools could receive full accreditation next week. Members of the Missouri Board of Education recommended the change for the district based on test scores and stability. The Post-Dispatch reports that the full board will meet next week to vote on district’s status. St. Louis is one of ten districts in the…
(KTRS) – A husband and wife are dead after a murder-suicide in south St. Louis. Police say the man shot his wife and the took his own life on New Year’s Eve afternoon. The couple has been identified as Stacey and James Aubuchon. Police have not shared a possible motive for the shooting and suicide.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A lawsuit is accusing Missouri’s prison system of illegally not giving young offenders special consideration during parole hearings. The lawsuit filed last week by the MacArthur Justice Center is asking a Cole County judge to declare the state’s parole hearing procedures unconstitutional when it comes to inmates who committed their…
Keith Tkachuk and Pierre Turgeon joined Martin to talk about their Winter Classic experience.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s outgoing Democratic governor says he’s made plenty of “solid accomplishments” during his two terms as the chief executive. In an interview with the Associated Press, Gov. Jay Nixon cites increased funding for education and mental health services and billions of spending cuts that have helped keep the budget in…
(KTRS) – UPDATE:Â Police say that a missing elderly man has been found safe. A Silver Advisory was issued for Harold Johnson earlier today. He left his home to go to the post office on Monday, but never made it and had not returned home. Police say Johnson was found today. He suffers from dementia and…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) –Â A federal appeals court has reversed a lower court decision that declared Minnesota’s sex offender program unconstitutional because it holds people long after they complete their prison sentences. A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday sided with the state and sent the case back to a lower…