( KTRS ) A St. Louis daycare business has lost its license after a 3-year-old boy was left unattended on a bus for several hours. Tahanica Scott, the child’s mother, says her son, Dallas Scott, was left on the bus from GSL Development Center for seven hours without food or water on Monday. The child…
( KTRS ) The Laclede Gas Company has filed an application with the Missouri Public Service Commission seeking to adjust the ‘infrastructure system replacement surcharge’ on the bills of its natural gas customers. The comany says costs for natural gas pipeline replacements and relocations are not currently included in Laclede’s rates. The current IS-RS charge…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A bill to promote awareness and research on mental illness among medical students is moving forward in the Missouri House. House members gave initial approval in a voice vote Wednesday. Republican sponsor Rep. Keith Frederick says medical school students are at risk of depression and suicide but sometimes are concerned…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A Midwest environmental group is questioning the ability of the country’s largest coal producer to guarantee it has enough money for future cleanup of its Illinois mines. State regulators allow St. Louis-based Peabody Energy to pledge it has adequate assets to pay for the estimated $92 million needed to reclaim three…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The University of Missouri system has announced more than $920,000 in spending on diversity efforts as it seeks to recover from racial unrest on its Columbia campus. The four-campus system also announced Wednesday that it is planning forums with finalists for the role of the first ever system-level chief diversity, equity…
Partial treatment could begin as soon as next month, but MSD officials say that is an optimistic estimate
The Columbia Missourian reports that the American Association of University Professors sent a letter Tuesday to the Columbia campus’ interim chancellor, Hank Foley
Scientists say you can’t just blame one thing for an outbreak and caution that it is too early to link this one to climate change or any single weather event
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) – Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush is being joined on the campaign trail by Former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. Cantor introduced Bush Wednesday to a large crowd on the campus of Colby-Sawyer College in New London, N.H. Cantor praised Bush for his record as Florida’s governor, commending his education reforms and…
CATONSVILLE, Md. (AP) – President Barack Obama is meeting with Muslim-American leaders from around the country as he pays his first visit to a mosque in the United States. The White House says Obama plans to argue during the visit that the U.S. will more successfully confront extremism if it works with the Muslim community…