PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A Nevada rancher is returning to court to seek his release from jail in Oregon, where he went to support the armed occupation of a national wildlife preserve. Cliven Bundy has a detention hearing set for Tuesday, when a federal judge will decide whether to allow him to go home as…
Oran, MO (KTRS) A dog is being credited for saving a child during a sexual assault in southeast Missouri. The Scott County Sheriff’s Department says detectives were called on Feb. 4 by a girl younger than 14, who reported 55-year-old Richie Dock of Oran had allegedly assaulted her at his apartment by inappropriately touching her…
St. Louis, MO Â (KTRS) Â Â The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is recommending that St. Louis Public Schools remain under an appointed board for another three years. The Missouri Board of Education is scheduled to vote on that recommendation on Tuesday. The Special Administrative Board has been in control of the district since 2007,…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The task force on education formed by Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan will begin holding hearings this week. The panel will meet with Illinois educators at the Capitol on Tuesday to address the state’s decades-old education formula that some lawmakers say unfairly penalizes students in poor districts. House Majority Leader Barbara…
( KTRS ) The Missouri Department of Conservation say hunters could do more to reduce the population of dangerous feral hogs in the state if they stop shooting them. Officials acknowledge the proposal sounds odd, but they say hunters who shoot a few of the big, wild hogs interfere with efforts to trap them. The traps…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A panel of House members has approved cutting a $12 million payment for the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis. The House committee on Monday chopped next fiscal year’s annual payment, which helps pay off the football stadium. Gov. Jay Nixon last year proposed extending payments to build a new…
