SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A recent groundswell of protests on college campuses over race, sexual misconduct and other social issues has some civil libertarians worried that the prized principle of free speech could be sacrificed in the rush to address legitimate student grievances. The potential conflict between civil rights and the First Amendment was on…
( KTRS ) Workers at the St. Louis Rams stadium covered what had been bare concrete on the fringes of the field with a thick rubberized surface for Sunday’s game against the Chicago Bears. The previous two games, opposing players slipped on the concrete. On November 1st, 49ers running back Reggie Bush, slid and fell…
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) – Authorities are investigating the death of a 3-month-old boy in East St. Louis. Officers were called late Thursday to a home where an infant was reported unresponsive and not breathing. The boy was taken to a hospital and later pronounced dead. East St. Louis Police Chief Michael Hubbard says…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Zach Miller caught two touchdown passes, including an 87-yard score that was Chicago’s longest play since 2010, and rookie Jeremy Langford also had two TDs, leading the Bears to a 37-13 victory over the St. Louis Rams on Sunday. The Bears (4-5) improved to 3-1 on the road after their top…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Republican Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder is criticizing some University of Missouri student protesters as “pampered” and the faculty who are backing them as “tenured radicals.” The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/1kxNiay ) reports that Kinder discussed the racial discord at the Columbia campus Saturday during a forum for Republican gubernatorial…
( KTRS ) A 32-year-old man has been arrested in connection with Saturday’s murder of a St. Charles man in Hazelwood. According to authorities, the homicide took place just after midnight in the 7500 block of Steve Avenue. Police found the body of 24 yr old Calvin Sharp in the driveway at the scene. After…
( KTRS ) Governor Bruce Rauner has postponed the November 18th budget summit because a family matter will prevent House Speaker Michael Madigan from attending. The change came shortly after Madigan, released a statement saying he needed to attend an out-of-state family funeral next week. The much-anticipated meeting will be the first time in months that…
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Cleveland may end up paying pay back millions in tax refunds after the state’s highest court rejected the city’s appeal over its formula for taxing visiting professional athletes. The Ohio Supreme Court last week upheld a ruling that said the city’s so-called “jock tax” violates players’ due process rights. Former NFL…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Missouri State Highway Patrol says a trooper has shot a suspect in the shoulder in a downtown St. Louis casino parking garage. Corporation Juston Wheetley says the shooting happened Saturday morning at the Lumiere Place Casino after the trooper was told that a man was driving erratically around the third…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A group of minority former faculty members at the University of Missouri says racial problems must be addressed. The MU Former Faculty of Color released a statement late Friday supporting students protesting what they say is a racist environment at the predominantly white Columbia campus. The statement is signed by…