COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — University of Missouri officials say they’re looking into whether a graduate student employee union would be legal. Interim President Mike Middleton said in a release Wednesday that the university is seeking to determine if it’s legal for graduate students to organize. He says there’s no legal precedent in current Missouri law.…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis wants to win a $50 million challenge aimed at improving transportation. The city has submitted an application to a U.S. Department of Transportation challenge. The department is offering up to $40 million to implement new ideas to make transportation “safer, easier, and more reliable.” The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Police in Louisiana say two officers and one suspect are being treated at a hospital for gunshot wounds after a confrontation in Baton Rouge. Baton Rouge Police Sgt. Don Coppola says the officers confronted the suspect after a 2-mile vehicle chase. The suspect exited his vehicle with a rifle after…
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A Springfield man has been charged with assaulting a woman on the Missouri State University campus and is a suspect in two other sexual assaults. The Springfield News-Leader reports that 52-year-old Stephen Goodwin is jailed on $100,000 bond in Greene County on kidnapping and attempted rape charges. No attorney is listed…
Mayor James Knowles says the agency knew Ferguson officials wanted community input about the settlement
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Marco Rubio says he doesn’t support a military draft for women and “forcing them to be combat soldiers” – reversing his previous position. The Florida senator suggested during last week’s Republican presidential debate that he believed selective service should be open to men and women, and that women should have the…
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) – A student says she was shocked to learn that two teens died in a shooting at her suburban Phoenix high school. Lanie Walter, a senior, said Friday that the shooting was heartbreaking because “everyone is so loving” at Independence High School. She says she heard ambulances on her way to the…
