( KTRS ) A proposal to limit Missouri’s municipal court fines is facing some skepticism in the House after breezing through the Senate. Sen. Eric Schmitt told a House panel Wednesday that cities across the state have abused ordinance fines to extract money from poor residents in order to pad their budgets. The Republican from…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The University of Missouri says two residence halls already scheduled for demolition will not be used this fall because of declining enrollment. University spokesman Christian Basi says closing Laws Hall and Lathrop Hall will save the university about $200,000 a year in utility costs. The halls, part of the Dobbs Group…
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Mark Letestu each scored twice and the Edmonton Oilers defeated the St. Louis Blues 6-4 on Wednesday night. Taylor Hall and Leon Draisaitl also scored for the Oilers, who have won six of their last 10 games, but had lost their last two. David Backes scored twice, and…
( KTRS ) The Missouri House has voted to release nearly $1 million for education and health care programs the governor had restricted. Lawmakers voted Wednesday to release $575,000 for the Missouri Scholars and Fine Arts academies, two summer programs for gifted students. They also voted to release $350,000 for a program that helps people…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A man accused of selling old prosthetic legs to customers as new legs has been sentenced to more than a year in prison. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1Xwozj ) reports that 53-year-old Theodore Deininger was sentenced Wednesday to 15 months in prison and ordered to repay $150,000. He had pleaded guilty…
(KTRS) – After a razor thin primary in Missouri, the Republican party has released preliminary delegate counts for the state. The state has 52 delegates up for grabs. After preliminary results, Donald Trump is expected to win 37 delegates to 15 for Ted Cruz. The party says they are still waiting for the primary results…
(KTRS) – The Missouri Legislature is debating statewide regulations for ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft. Uber management in Missouri says statewide rules would allow them to expand to several new cities, like Springfield, Jefferson City, and St. Charles. They already operate in St. Louis, Kansas City, and Columbia. Similar proposals stalled out in the…
(KTRS) – The St. Louis Cardinals plan to examine allegations that a minor-league player quit playing baseball because of homophobic situations he witnessed. The Post-Dispatch reports that former minor-league pitcher Tyler Dunnington gave an interview to Outsports-dot-com and said he was a closeted gay athlete that endured homophobia in the sport. The paper says that…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Newly released emails show a 2009 request to issue a secure government smartphone to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was denied by the National Security Agency. The messages made public Wednesday were obtained by Judicial Watch, a conservative legal advocacy group that has filed numerous lawsuits seeking the release of federal documents…
(KTRS) – Two Republican Senators, one from Missouri and the other from Illinois seem to be on opposite sides of the fence when it comes to President Barack Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court. Illinois Senator Mark Kirk says he will examine appeals court judge Merrick Garland on his record and qualifications. Kirk said the…