St. Louis, MO (KTRS) German based drug company Bayer is making an offer to buy Monsanto. Leverkusen-based Bayer said in a short statement Thursday that its executives had met recently with their Monsanto counterparts “to privately discuss a negotiated acquisition of Monsanto Company.” Bayer, whose farm business produces seeds as well as compounds to kill…
UNION, Mo. (AP) – An eastern Missouri man faces sentencing next month after having admitted in court that he recklessly caused a 2014 car accident that killed a teenager waiting for a school bus. The Washington Missourian reports that 24-year-old Ethan Humphries of Londell has pleaded guilty in Franklin County to an involuntary manslaughter count.…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Illinois officials are aggressively fighting the preliminary decision to relocate a federal spy agency to a new site in St. Louis, rather than to a site across the Mississippi River in a suburban area of southern Illinois. Both of Illinois’ U.S. senators and three House members from that part of the…
SULLIVIAN, Mo. – A Missouri State Trooper shot and killed a man who pulled a gun on him after fleeing a traffic stop near Sullivan on Wednesday. According to a release from Sgt. Cody Fulkerson of the Missouri Highway Patrol, the suspect has been identified as 44-year-old Joseph B. Weatherby of Sullivan. The incident happened shortly…
BERLIN (AP) — German drug and chemicals company Bayer AG says it has entered talks with the Monsanto Company about the possible acquisition of the U.S.-based specialist in genetically modified crop seeds. Leverkusen-based Bayer said in a short statement Thursday that its executives had met recently with their Monsanto counterparts “to privately discuss a negotiated…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Thirteen Muslims are suing U.S. immigration officials, alleging in the federal case filed in St. Louis a secret “blacklist” was slowing their quest for citizenship. The Post-Dispatch reports that the lawsuit names U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services and immigration officials as defendants. The suit alleges the Controlled Application Review and Resolution…
(KTRS) – Saint Louis FC opened the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup with 2-0 victory over AFC Cleveland on Wednesday night. Goals from Jamiel Hardware and Jordan Roberts proved to be the difference in front of 3,195 fans at World Wide Technology Soccer Park in Fenton. Mark Pais was in goal for the shutout, the…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Adam Wainwright said his curveball was the best it’s been all season. The sinker was, too. That spelled bad news for Colorado Rockies hitters, and welcome relief for his ERA. The St. Louis Cardinals’ ace threw six-hit ball into the seventh inning in his strongest start after a shaky beginning and…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The University of Missouri System governing board is freezing tuition for in-state undergraduates but hiking it for other students. Curators on Wednesday agreed not to raise tuition for in-state undergraduates in the four-campus system. Tuition will increase 3 percent next fall for out-of-state undergraduates. That will mean an increase of about…
(KTRS) – Forest Park is getting some love from a travel website–the St. Louis jewel was named the best public park in the country by Thrillist. The list-makers said attractions live the St. Louis Art Museum and St. Louis Zoo helped earn the park the top spot.