EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) – Book donations are flowing to the only public library in cash-strapped East St. Louis after a monthlong teachers’ strike highlighted its lack of resources. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (bit.ly/1WScSmp ) reports that area librarians and have organized collection drives that will add thousands of titles to the library’s bookshelves. The…
BOSTON (AP) – Racially-charged protests at the University of Missouri have energized students at other colleges to push for better treatment of black students. Missouri’s president resigned Monday after protesters accused him of ignoring racial attacks on students. At Yale, Michigan and other schools dealing with racial tensions, students say the Missouri case has emboldened…
( KTRS ) The Missouri Tigers are back to the business of football though coach Gary Pinkel acknowledged the preparations for BYU on Saturday are not business as usual for the team. The Tigers boycotted football-related activities for two days as a show of support for student and faculty protests against the school’s leadership. The…
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. (AP) – After the Mississippi River flooded four years ago, more than 100 Illinois families agreed to sell their homes to the government for demolition so they could move to higher ground. With the paperwork finally coming together last spring on a partial state match for the buyouts of 111 properties, many…
( KTRS ) The University of Missouri system’s governing board met for three hours in closed session Wednesday night, but ended with no announcement. The Board of Curators held an emergency session yesterday evening amid racial tensions on the Columbia campus. The tensions have fueled protests that led to the resignation of Missouri President Tim Wolfe and…
( KTRS ) The cities of Oakland, San Diego and St. Louis made their pitches, yesterday, to save their teams from moving to Los Angeles. Officials from those cities spoke to a number of the league’s committees about preventing the potential relocation of their teams, Gov. Jay Nixon and his stadium task force presented their…
COLUMBIA (AP) – A University of Missouri professor who challenged his students to show up for class despite fears over racially-motivated threats of violence or risk missing an exam says he has offered his resignation. Dale Brigham told The Associated Press by email Wednesday that he ultimately backtracked and told students they could take the…
(KTRS) – The world’s two largest brewers are combining, forming a company that will control nearly a third of the beer sold worldwide. Negotiations came to a close early Wednesday when the two sides agreed on a $105.5 billion deal–one of the largest corporate mergers ever. The merger combines parts of A-B InBev’s Budweiser, Bud…
Two St. Louis veterans are included among more than 130 veterans to receive keys to a newly-refurbished vehicle this Veterans Day. Several businesses have come together for Progressive’s third annual “Keys to Progress” event. Former Army Sergeant Sabrina Goodenough has faced a series of obstacles since returning home from duty, of which includes unreliable transportation. “This is just…