COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — University of Missouri graduate student workers are planning a vote on whether to unionize. The Forum on Graduate Rights on Friday announced a vote will take place over two days beginning April 18 at the Columbia campus. Graduate student workers with photo identification can vote. Students rallied after university officials in…
ATLANTA (AP) – The St. Louis Cardinals set a major league record with three pinch-hit home runs while rallying from a four-run deficit to beat the Atlanta Braves 7-4 Friday night. Rookie Aledmys Diaz got his first career homer to break a tie as a pinch-hitter in the eighth, and Greg Garcia and rookie Jeremy…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The University of Missouri’s nursing school has received gifts totaling $3 million to go toward construction of a new building. University leaders announced Friday that Michael and Millie Brown of Leawood, Kansas, pledged $2 million. Richard Miller of Pittsburg, Kansas, also pledged $1 million. The money will go toward the estimated…
(KTRS) – The man accused of killing a manager at a south St. Louis Drury Inn, has been found guilty of his murder. Joseph Bowens shot and killed manager Scott Knopfel during a robbery in January 2015. Bowens was arrested in Poplar Bluff with a couple of weeks for an unrelated incident.
(KTRS) – Planned Parenthood officials in Missouri say they will fight the state Legislature’s decision to stop funding the organization. The Post-Dispatch reports that CEO Mary Kogut is preparing for a court fight if lawmakers continue with their plans. Kogut also said that doors to clinics will remain open. More than a dozen states have already…
(KTRS) – Franklin County authorities are being credited with using a taser to subdue a woman they say was pointing a gun at officers. Deputies say that a woman barricaded herself in a home in Villa Ridge. When the sheriff’s department entered the home, they found the woman pointing a gun toward them. An officer…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Mayor Francis Slay won’t seek another term. The mayor made that announcement during aFriday morning news conference. “This is not a goodbye. I’m going to mayor for another year. I will have a full and likely controversial agenda to pursue and complete. My health is fine. I told my family last night.…
