COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Missouri hunters are killing more deer after restrictions were lifted in some areas to prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease. The Columbia Missourian (http://bit.ly/1NeRPtj ) reports that nearly 190,000 deer were killed during the first phase of the Missouri firearms season, which ended Tuesday. Missouri officials say that’s up 14.1…
( KTRS ) Thousands turned out in St. Louis for the return of the annual Thanksgiving Day parade. The parade was cancelled last year amid protests and widespread arrests over Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson and other fatal police shootings. The 2014 parade was scheduled several days after a St. Louis County grand jury decided…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. Bruce Rauner says his moratorium attempting to block Syrian refugees from resettling in Illinois is simply a request for the Obama administration to “take a deep breath” and tighten the review process to make sure Washington shares necessary information with the states. Refugee-resettlement groups say Rauner has no authority to…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A long-awaited extension of Grant’s Trail near St. Louis is moving ahead, with the promise of what will become a continuous 17-mile route for bicyclists, walkers and runners. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that adding two new miles to the trail, linking it to the River Des Peres Greenway, will cost…
BOSTON (AP) — As Americans sit down for Thanksgiving dinner, they should give thanks to one of the original Pilgrims for their very existence. John Howland may not be as famous as William Bradford, John Carver or Myles Standish, yet he probably had a greater impact. And he almost never made it. Howland fell off…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – A suburban St. Louis woman whose son suffocated after authorities say she drunkenly took him to bed with her is accused of misdemeanor child endangerment. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports 30-year-old Connie Lynn Novak of Overland is charged in connection with the August death of 10-week-old Jayce Novak. Authorities say the…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Some University of Missouri students are expressing frustration with the campus chancellor after a Columbia Planned Parenthood clinic stopped performing abortions. Mizzou for Planned Parenthood organizer Dina van der Zalm says a Wednesday meeting with interim Chancellor Hank Foley to talk about how the school could help the clinic was…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The University of Missouri Alumni Association is responding to requests and forming a Black Alumni Network. The announcement follows the recent resignation of University System President Tim Wolfe after weeks of student protests over the racial climate on campus. Missouri Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin also resigned. Chelsea Drake Marks, a 2012…
Michael Johnson from Sugarfire, Chef Nicole Shumen from L’Ecole Culinaire and Bryan Herr from Naked Vine talk Thanksgiving with the Carney Show and answer listeners’ Thanksgiving food prep questions.
