( KTRS ) Fire departments all around St. Louis are trying to find the source of the haze that has blanketed the area. The smoky haze has residents from South St. Louis to Jefferson County, and central St. Louis County calling area fire departments. In addition, authorities in Columbia and Valmeyer, IL. are also searching…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump says he would consider opening a Trump hotel in Cuba under certain conditions. In an interview with CNN’s Situation Room Monday, the billionaire real estate mogul said that “Cuba has certain potential,” but that there are other factors, namely the 49 percent interest rate, that need to…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Black faculty members at the University of Missouri say the school needs to reconsider retention tactics if it hopes to recruit and keep faculty of color. The Columbia Missourian reports that last fall, student activist group Concerned Student 1950 demanded an increase in black faculty and staff at the university to…
HAVANA (AP) – President Obama says he believes the Cuban trade embargo is going to end, and while he can’t predict when that will be, he believes it will happen at some point because the embargo has not served the interest of the U.S. or the Cuban people. Obama says the U.S. has exercised as much…
(KTRS) – Senator Claire McCaskill is heading on the road in an effort to find ways to make college more affordable. Senator McCaskill started her College Affordability Tour at Metro High School Monday. The senator is calling college and student debt a crisis. According to one study Missouri students graduate college with more than $20,000…
(KTRS) – Illinois’ Republican governor says he would support Donald Trump if he wins the party’s nomination for president. Governor Bruce Rauner spoke to reporters for the first time since last week’s primary, which Trump won. Rauner did not discuss any of the other GOP candidates, saying the process should play itself out. Senator Mark…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – St. Louis County’s population isn’t quite 1 million, and that is having ramifications on the company that provides water to the region. U.S. Census figures from 2010 show the county’s population at 998,954. An appeals court panel in Kansas City recently ruled that since the population isn’t 1 million, Missouri-American Water…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Legislation has been introduced in the Illinois Senate to raise the age to purchase tobacco products in the state from 18 to 21. Democratic state Sen. John Mulroe of Chicago says he hopes the bill he’s sponsoring will decrease the number of young people who start smoking. But the Illinois Retail…
