(KTRS) – The St. Louis Zoo is sharing their vision for the future, unveiling a half-billion dollar, 25-year plan. The most visible change to the property would be the construction of a 2,000-foot-long gondola that runs from the old Forest Park Hospital, across the highway, and into the zoo. The Post-Dispatch reports that officials also…
(KTRS) – An update on the shooting on the campus of Washington University Wednesday afternoon. School officials gave the all clear just before 3 p.m., but one person was shot in the arm near the student center. The incident began with reports of a person with a gun on campus and around 1:30 p.m. we learned…
(KTRS/AP) – Michael Sam is joining the chorus of voices against a measure to protect some Missouri businesses that deny services for same-sex weddings. Sam said the proposal is the opposite of respect and equality. Supporters of the measure say it’s needed to shield florists and photographers who cite religion when denying goods and services…
NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump celebrated his overwhelming New York primary victory in the glitzy midtown Manhattan skyscraper that bears his name, boasting it was rewarding to get such a triumph from “the people who know me best.” Yet the one county he lost in the state was his home borough of Manhattan. Trump’s…
LANSING, Mich. (AP) – Two state regulators and a Flint employee are charged with evidence tampering and several other felony and misdemeanor counts related to the Michigan city’s lead-tainted water crisis. The charges, filed Wednesday in a state court, stem from an investigation by the Michigan attorney general’s office. Michael Prysby, a district engineer for…
Columbia, MO (KTRS) – University of Missouri graduate student workers have overwhelmingly voted to unionize. The Columbia Missourian reports about 84 percent of the 795 graduate students who voted were in favor of allowing the Coalition of Graduate Workers to represent them in collective bargaining. Voting took place on Monday and Tuesday. University administrators still…
