(KTRS) – One engineer was taken to the hospital for a checkup after two of the St. Louis Zoo’s trains collided Friday afternoon. Zoo officials say more than 150 visitors were on the trains at the time of the accident, but none were injured. One train was going 8 miles an hour when it ran into…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A House committee has passed a bill that would allow concealed guns on college campuses. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that the House Emerging Issues Committee passed the bill with an 8-3 vote Wednesday, winning unanimous support from Republicans. The bill, sponsored by Republican state Rep. Jered Taylor, would repeal…
St. Louis, (KTRS)  St. Louis continues to bask in the victory of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s plan to stay in St. Louis. Friday morning state, city, and community leaders gathered for a news conference at Mayor Francis Slay’s office to speak about the NGA’s preliminary decision. Governor Jay Nixon was among those in attendance. “We’re…
(KTRS) – When voters in St. Louis city and St. Louis County head to the polls on Tuesday, there will be a notable absence: the touch-screen voting machines. The Post-Dispatch reports that election authorities did not have enough time to reprogram the machines after the March 15 presidential primaries. Election officials said that the collection…
(KTRS) – The Meramec Caverns remain closed after a possible contamination problem. The Post-Dispatch reports that the attraction closed last month and hopes to reopen in the coming weeks. For years, the owners of the caves struggled with unacceptable levels of trichloroethylene, or TCE. The compound is used in solutions for a variety of cleaning…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The domed stadium in St. Louis is getting a new name, now that the Rams are gone. Since 2002, the financial firm Edward Jones has owned the naming rights. But as of Friday, the Edward Jones Dome is being renamed The Dome at America’s Center. The NFL in January agreed to…
NEW YORK (AP) – Fox News Channel’s Megyn Kelly is taking notes on who she feels hasn’t supported her in her feud with Donald Trump, and colleague Bill O’Reilly and CNN are both on her list. Kelly, in an interview with Charlie Rose to air on CBS “Sunday Morning” this weekend, said she wished O’Reilly…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The Mississippi House is sending Republican Gov. Phil Bryant a bill that would let government employees and private businesses cite religious beliefs to deny services to same-sex couples who want to marry. Bryant has not said whether he will sign House Bill 1523 . However, he signed a 2014 bill promoted…
