Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) The Missouri House is advancing a package of incentives to help General Motors expand it’s Wentzville plant. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is reporting that the incentives, worth more than $50 million, passed in the house in a 92-51 vote. The $5 Million per year, 10-year tax credit program would be paid…
A week after former St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges, two people connected to him face their own court hearings. Sheila Sweeney, former head of the St. Louis County Economic Development Partnership, is scheduled to plead guilty Friday to an unspecified charge. In a separate hearing, businessman John Rallo…
The Archbishop of St. Louis says he will strengthen the process for reporting sexual abuse by clergy in the wake of a new church law announced Thursday by Pope Francis. The pope’s announcement requires priests and nuns around the world to report clergy sexual abuse and cover-ups by their superiors to church authorities. It’s the…
HIGHLANDS RANCH, CO (AP) — The three students who disarmed a gunman in a Colorado school shooting leapt up from their desks without a word and with no thought for their own safety when they spotted the gun, recounted one of the young men. They slammed the teenager, a classmate of theirs, against the wall…
LITTLE ROCK, AK (AP) — The company that originally owned a duck boat that sank on a Missouri lake last summer killing 17 people has sold the remainder of its fleet to an Arkansas-based investment company. Stacy Roberts, who owns DUKW Arkansas, LLC, said that his Hot Springs, Arkansas company purchased 18 duck boats on…
Wentzville, MO (KTRS) A $1 billion expansion at Wentzville’s General Motors plant is one step closer to becoming a reality. On Wednesday Missouri Governor Mike Parson announced a proposed incentives package that includes annual tax credits to automakers that invest at least $500 million in plant upgrades. Parson held a closed door meeting at Wentzville…
HIGHLANDS RANCH, CO (AP) — Two high school students shot and killed a classmate and injured eight others at a charter school in a Colorado community that marked the 20th anniversary of one of the nation’s worst school shootings just weeks ago. Douglas County sheriff’s officials said Devon Erickson, 18, and a younger student walked…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The St. Louis Blues are headed to the Western Conference Finals. They defeated the Dallas Stars Tuesday night 2-1. St. Louisian Pat Maroon tapped the game winner past fellow St. Louisian Ben Bishop – 5:50 seconds into the second overtime. The Note will face the winner of the Colorado / San…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Missouri Governor Mike Parson is scheduled to do an aerial assessment of the flooding Wednesday morning, followed by a briefing at the St. Charles Emergency Operations Center. Flood waters are continuing to breech levees all around the metro-area. On the Missouri side, the Elm Point and Sandfort Creek Levees in St.…
Two St. Charles County police officers and a police dog had to be administered the opioid overdose reversal medication Narcan after they were exposed to what was believed to be fentanyl. St. Charles County Police spokeswoman Val Joyner said Tuesday that both officers and the dog are recovering. An officer made a vehicle stop around…