St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis Community College adjunct faculty now have a voice in their working conditions. Over the weekend, these faculty members voted in favor of joining the Service Employees International Union Local 1. SEIU Local 1 has been working with college and university professors throughout the Midwest on organizing efforts. Over the…
East St. Louis, IL (KTRS) Classes are back in session today in the East St. Louis School District. This comes after teachers approved a new four-year contract on Friday, ending a 21 day strike. This means students will have to make up those missed days of school. District officials say this will be done by extending…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The murder rate in the city of St. Louis continues to rise. Police say last night a man and a woman were gunned down Sunday night along the 900 block of Hamilton Avenue in the Central West End. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. The man is in critical…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Todd Gurley rushed for 133 yards on 20 carries, topping 100 yards for the fourth straight start to open his career, and the St. Louis Rams’ defense shut down the San Francisco 49ers and contributed a safety to a 27-6 victory on Sunday. Gurley, who had a 71-yard touchdown run, is…
( KTRS ) More than 6,000 East St. Louis students are returning to school after a one-month teachers’ strike. District officials and union negotiators struck a tentative deal Friday after a 13-hour bargaining session that lasted until 1:30 a.m. The four-year contract was quickly endorsed by a majority of the roughly 400 striking teachers as…
FREEBURG, Ill. (AP) – A southwestern Illinois school district that paid $5.6 million to settle four lawsuits alleging sexual abuse of students by a former superintendent says its insurers are denying coverage for a fifth complaint. The Freeburg district in St. Clair County settled complaints by former elementary students who claimed abuse by Robin Hawkins,…
TROY, Mo. (AP) – A Lincoln County man formerly convicted of murder in his wife’s 2011 stabbing death will be back in court for a retrial Monday. The St. Louis Post Dispatch reports (http://bit.ly/1l2YlZk ) that Russell Faria will appear in a bench trial in which St. Louis Circuit Judge Steven Ohmer alone will decide…
DECATUR, Ill. (AP) – Caterpillar Inc. has started laying off Decatur workers. Company spokeswoman Rachel Potts confirmed the employee notifications to The (Decatur) Herald & Review (http://bit.ly/1MAvd7T ), but says the company won’t be releasing the total number by location. In September, the Peoria-based manufacturer announced that it’s planning another round of job cuts that…
( KTRS ) For many people in Illinois, the five-month budget impasse has meant little. But for residents in the low-income counties in far southern Illinois it’s a far different story. In the area tucked between the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, private industry is scarce. Residents rely on government for everything from health care to…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A St. Louis city police officer is suing the department and three supervisors, claiming he was sexually harassed and retaliated against after he complained. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1MxCzsU ) reports that Kyle Brewer’s lawsuit names a police captain and two sergeants. The lawsuit says that Brewer was subjected to harassment…