ST. LOUIS (AP) – Forward Steve Ott of the St. Louis Blues will be sidelined for three months with a hamstring injury. The forward was hurt in the first period of a loss to Toronto on Saturday. The team said on its website that Ott would undergo surgery on both hamstrings next week.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Imagine packing up the kids and heading for that dream vacation to a Disney theme park … in St. Louis. It almost happened, and one of the few remnants of the Disney park that might have been goes on the auction block next week — 13 pages of 1963 blueprints spelling…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Candidates and party insiders say they’re hopeful the Missouri governor’s race will be positive. But tensions recently flared between two Republican candidates, and some political scientists say a four-way Republican primary makes negative campaigning likely. Truman State University political scientist Randy Hagerty says it’s likely to get nasty. Candidates say…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Governor Jay Nixon and a task force developing plans for a $1 billion stadium in St. Louis has acknowledged receiving a letter from the NFL detailing guidelines and expectations for proposals due Dec. 30. In a statement Friday, Nixon thanked the league for providing a timeline. He said the city was…
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times is using space on its front page to call for greater gun regulation in the wake of recent deadly mass shootings. Publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. says the newspaper is running its first Page 1 editorial since 1920 on Saturday to “deliver a strong and visible statement of…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder says thousands of dollars of campaign funds were misspent by former aides and he has referred the matter to the U.S. attorney’s office. Kinder’s gubernatorial campaign released a statement Friday saying that an internal investigation found that former contractors had prepared incorrect reports to the…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two Republican Missouri lawmakers want to allow concealed carry of firearms on college campuses. State senators this past week filed legislation to lift the current ban on concealed carry at higher education institutions. A bill filed by GOP Senator Brian Munzlinger, of Williamstown, also includes a provision that would allow…
Nixon is also encouraging private companies to examine their own pay practices
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A suspect is in custody for the theft of an entire log cabin – piece by piece. St. Louis County prosecutors on Friday charged 54-year-old Gregory Cole of Wentzville with one count of stealing over $25,000. He is jailed on $40,000 bond and does not yet have an attorney. The cabin…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed legislation aimed at lowering the cost of unemployment insurance. The bill signed Friday was a compromise between business groups and labor unions. It tightens the definition of “misconduct” used to disqualify laid-off workers from receiving unemployment benefits. Under current law misconduct must be shown to…