St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Bi-State Development is welcoming a new member to its Board of Commissioners. The agency announced yesterday that Herbert Simmons has been appointed to its Board. Simmons, Director of the St. Clair County Emergency Management Agency, replaces Jeffrey Watson whose board term had expired. In his role as Director of St. Clair…
Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) President Donald Trump says he has appointed Missouri Governor Mike Parson to the Council of Governors. The panel of U.S. governors advises the U.S. Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the White House Homeland Security Council on issues related to the National Guard and national defense, U.S. homeland security,…
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.…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) An elderly man is dead after a house fire in north St. Louis. Firefighters were called to the burning home in the 3800 block of North 22th Street at just after 2 a.m. Thursday. Firefighters were able to rescue the 92-year-old victim, but he died after being rushed to the hospital. The…
CHICAGO, IL (AP) — The whispers about “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett started with reports that he had not fully cooperated with police after telling authorities he was attacked in Chicago by two men who hurled racist, anti-gay slurs and looped a rope around his neck. Then detectives in a city bristling with surveillance cameras could…
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…
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and MICHAEL R. SISAK , Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen was granted a few more weeks of freedom Wednesday after his lawyers said he’s still recovering from surgery and hasn’t had time to get his affairs in order because he’s preparing to…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The nonprofit behind an effort to merge the city of St. Louis with St. Louis County says the consolidation would save the region’s taxpayers nearly $5 billion in the first 10 years, though some local leaders are questioning the numbers. Better Together released its fiscal analysis Wednesday. It estimates the merger…
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…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — In the beginning of the season, the St. Louis Blues were finding ways to lose games. Now, they’re managing to pull out wins. Ryan O’Reilly scored 34 seconds into overtime and the St. Louis Blues beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Tuesday night for their franchise-record 11th straight victory.…