Parkway School Board approves changes to sex education classes
(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…
Defense contractors fined nearly $3.7 million for shipping fraud
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…
Suspect Blames ‘Bad Dope’ For Fatal Shooting
Poplar Bluff, MO Â (KTRS) Â 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…
President Obama hopes ‘cooler heads will prevail’ in high court fight
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…
Trump’s positions on trade, alliances could roil Asia ties
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 relying on super PAC to attack Trump in do-or-die Florida
Rubio’s campaign isn’t spending a single dollar on radio or television advertising in Florida
Southern Illinois University Expects Job Cuts Amid Funding Loss
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…