CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) – Reports of racial epithets by some Southern Illinois University students at Carbondale campus residence hall forums have prompted an investigation by school officials. University spokeswoman Rae Goldsmith tells The (Carbondale) Southern Illinoisan (bit.ly/25SJrrR ) the inquiry was launched in response to a formal complaint. Freshman Leilani Bartlett, who’s black, alleges in…
BALTIMORE (AP) — In the year since Freddie Gray died, the Baltimore police department has worked on its relationship with the community and tried to heal wounds opened during protests and rioting last spring. Part of the department’s efforts have been putting more officers on foot patrol in poor, mostly black neighborhoods and encouraging beat…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Lawmakers are advancing legislation to make Missouri one of the first states to adopt policies allowing for daily fantasy sports. The National Conference of State Legislatures says neighboring Kansas is one of three states to legalize daily fantasy sports through statute. A bill passed by the Missouri House last week…
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is granting more time for public comment on a preliminary decision to build a $1.6 billion headquarters in Missouri instead of Illinois. The Belleville News-Democrat reports agency director Robert Cardillo announced Friday that people now have until May 2nd to weigh in on the project that is…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior military leaders take their political neutrality seriously. But this year’s presidential election — with forays into national security issues that have included proposals for carpet-bombing Syrian cities or waterboarding extremists — has the top brass navigating a political minefield. Senior officers, from the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Engineers, safety advocates and even automakers have a message for federal regulators eager to get self-driving cars on the road: slow down. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is being told that fully self-driving cars may be the future of the industry, but that such vehicles aren’t yet up to the demands…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A new mammogram van is scheduled to visit various Missouri counties this year to give breast cancer screenings. The Columbia Missourian reports that the goal of the University of Missouri’s Ellis Fischel Cancer Center’s van is to bring quality screenings to women throughout the state. A nurse, a mammography technologist and…
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…