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…
( KTRS ) A University of Missouri official says about $2 million in donations have been lost in fallout from the Columbia campus unrest last fall. Simmering tensions came to a head in November protests over what student activists saw as administrators’ indifference to racial problems at the Columbia campus. Protesters were backed by some…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Jaden Schwartz scored 1:40 into overtime and Brian Elliott was sharp again in goal as the St. Louis Blues beat the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 on Thursday night. Robby Fabbri scored a power-play goal in the first period for St. Louis and Elliott made 34 of 35 saves as he improved…
( KTRS ) A former East St. Louis strip club bouncer who pleaded guilty to killing a man with his pickup truck is to return to court for sentencing. Thirty-three-year-old Reginald Allen of Dupo faces up to six years in prison Friday in St. Clair County. He was initially charged with reckless homicide in the…
ARNOLD, Mo. (AP) – Fire officials say a man rescued from a fire at his duplex in Arnold has died. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1Q4GiOH ) reports that 57-year-old Kenneth Springman died at a hospital Tuesday night about an hour after he was rescued from his burning residence, where he apparently lived alone. Ron Harder,…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The University of Missouri-Columbia has reinstated the medical school dean who resigned abruptly last year. Patrick Delafontaine was reinstated as the medical school dean Thursday morning. Delafontaine resigned as dean in September, although he continued to teach and conduct research at the school. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports (http://bit.ly/1PJ7cu0 ) that…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri senator is considering whether to file a complaint against former University of Missouri football coach Gary Pinkel over his involvement in last year’s campus protests. Sen. Paul Wieland told reporters Thursday that his constituents think Pinkel’s support for the players’ game boycott amounted to extortion. He said he’ll…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The Hillary Clinton campaign is officially underway in St. Louis. Thursday night lawmakers, community leaders, and hundreds of supporters kicked off the opening of the “Hillary For America St. Louis Headquarters.” Senator Claire McCaskill hosted the opening of this campaign. “It’s not just that she’s the most qualified and ready to…
