U.S. Labor Secretary Visits O’Fallon, MO Company To Promote Vet Program

O’Fallon, MO  (KTRS)  U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta and Missouri’s U.S. Senator Roy Blunt visited an information technology company in O’Fallon, Missouri on Thursday to promote a program aimed at helping military veterans with employment opportunities. Winning Technologies is a recipient of the 2018 HIRE Vets Medallion Platinum Award for its participation in the program.…

Virginia-Based Leonardo DRS Inc. Breaks Ground in Bridgeton

Bridgeton, MO (KTRS) Arlington, Virginia based Leonardo DRS Inc. is expanding locally. A groundbreaking ceremony was held in Bridgeton Wednesday for a new $32M engineering development and light manufacturing facility. The new facility will accommodate the company’s growing Land Systems line of business. U.S. Representative Ann Wagner, Bridgeton Mayor, Terry Briggs and Vice President and…

Missouri official investigates day care ‘fight club’ claims

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt is launching his own investigation of a St. Louis day care center where two workers were accused of facilitating a “fight club” among small children, his office said Wednesday. The announcement came two weeks after St. Louis prosecutors dropped criminal charges against the former Adventure Learning Center workers. Schmitt’s office says it…

Trump criticizes California over lawsuit against border wall

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Tuesday to criticize California’s lead role in a multistate lawsuit challenging his emergency declaration to pay for a U.S.-Mexico border wall. Trump sought to link California’s high-speed rail project to his plan for the wall. He claimed the “failed Fast Train project” was beset by…