ST. LOUIS (AP) – St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson is urging priests to sever ties with the Girl Scouts, saying the organization promotes values “incompatible” with Catholic teachings. The open letter to priests, scout leaders and other Catholics was posted on the archdiocese website Thursday. It urges parishes that host Girl Scout meetings to consider…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Gov. Bruce Rauner has vetoed a proposal to fund community colleges and a grant program that helps students pay for college. Illinois Democrats approved a plan in January to provide $324 million to community colleges and $397 million to the Monetary Award Program. Rauner said Friday the plan would “explode the…
( KTRS ) The St. Peters Police Department has issued an endangered silver advisory for a missing woman. Authorities report that 80yr old Ida Brunkhorst was last scene in Ballwin, MO. after she was stopped by police. Brunkhorst, reportedly, told officers that she had gotten lost while driving home, after shopping. Police, now report that…
Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) – A St. Louis area lawmaker who resigned from the Missouri House this week admits that he had an affair. Republican Representative Don Gosen told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Thursday that he began an affair in 2014. On the advice of his attorney, he gave no details about the events…
VATICAN CITY (AP) – The papal spokesman is stressing that Pope Francis often says build bridges, not walls, and that his remark while flying back from Mexico wasn’t targeting U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump. Francis said Thursday that a person who advocates building walls for solutions is `’not Christian.” Trump, who has repeatedly called for…
The Friday ruling means the 18-year-old could face 120 days in jail, then finish his 10-year probation
Arnold, MO (KTRS) Senator Roy Blunt is seeking a second term. The Republican lawmaker officially announced his re-election campaign Friday morning at at Unico-SGI Manufacturing in Arnold, the first of a 10-stop, two-day tour across the state. Blunt’s office says the location was chosen because he helped save the business from what it calls “onerous…
(AP) – Harper Lee, the elusive author whose “To Kill a Mockingbird” became an enduring best-seller and classic film with its child’s-eye view of racial injustice in a small Southern town, has died. She was 89. HarperCollins spokeswoman Tina Andreadis confirmed the author’s death to The Associated Press on Friday. For most of her life, Lee…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Two suspects are being sought after a woman and her three children were carjacked at gunpoint outside of a grocery store in the Central West End. Police say this happened at around 1 a.m. Friday in the parking lot of Schnucks in the 4100 block of Lindell. The woman was waiting…
