COLUMBIA, MO (AP)Â The four-campus University of Missouri system is proposing raising tuition and required fees of in-state undergraduates by 2.1 percent for the fiscal year that begins in July. System officials consider the increases “modest” and say they’d generate $14.4 million in revenues. The administrators cite “significant financial and budgetary pressures” on the campuses in…
The fight continues after the closure of the New Life Evangelistic Center. Reverend Larry Rice and more than 100 homeless people gathered in downtown St. Louis outside of city hall on Thursday morning to sign a petition, which calls on Governor Eric Greitens to provide a state building for an emergency shelter. After years of…
St. Louis County, MO  (KTRS) Police are investigating  a shooting in north county. Police say  an 18-year-old man was walking to a bus stop along the 3600 block of Oakdale Avenue in Uplands Park at just before 6 a.m Thursday. That’s when the victim was approached by three male suspects in a small, silver sport…
Pine Lawn, MO Â (KTRS) Â The Major Case Squad is looking for two vehicles in connection with the triple fatal shooting in Pine Lawn. The victims who have been identified as 29 year-old Andrew Green, 29 year-old Calvin Walker, and 23 year-old Marquise Cooper were gunned down 4500 block of Rosewood Wednesday morning. The vehicles being…
( KTRS) A man has died from his injuries after being shot last week during a fight with a friend. Police are now reporting that 20 yr Jarvis Jenkins died Monday, he was shot April 18th in 2100 block of East Adelaide. Police say that Jenkins and another man got into argument, then a fight,…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri lawmakers are pushing legislation that would make it harder for judges to require domestic violence victims to disclose confidential addresses. House and Senate leadership announced Wednesday that they would push an amendment to allow the secretary of state to intervene if a court wanted to require a person protected…
( KTRS ) The Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis is investigating a triple homicide in Pine Lawn. The shooting happened shortly after 10 a.m. yesterday in the 4500 block of Rosewood. Three male victims were found dead at the scene by arriving officers. The victims have been identified as 29 yr old Andrew…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Don’t toss the grammar-school composition paper yet. The Illinois House approved legislation 67-48 Wednesday requiring elementary and high schools to teach cursive writing. The sponsor is Chicago Democratic Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch. He says it’s important that tech-savvy children to retain cursive writing to read historical documents, write personal notes and…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri representatives have approved that the state pay an extra $241 million in unexpected expenses for this fiscal year. House members voted 143-7 in favor of the supplemental budget Wednesday. It soon will go to the governor’s desk. Most of the money comes from federal funds, and most of it…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dismissing concerns about ballooning federal deficits, President Donald Trump on Wednesday proposed dramatic tax cuts for U.S. businesses and individuals — outlining an overhaul his administration promises will spur economic growth and simplify America’s tangle of tax code rules. His proposal, a one-page sketch short on detail, would reduce the top corporate…