JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Attorney General’s Office and a Columbia church say that a U.S. Supreme Court case over who qualifies for state grant money should move forward. Lawyers said Tuesday in letters to the high court that the case isn’t moot, even after the governor last week reversed a rule preventing…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – A suburban St. Louis man whose 4-year-old son died after drinking the father’s methadone has been ordered to spend 15 years in prison. Thirty-seven-year-old Laron Crawford of Berkeley was sentenced Friday in St. Louis County. That’s where he pleaded guilty in February to charges of first-degree involuntary manslaughter and two counts…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri House has passed a plan to change laws on students transferring from failing schools. House members voted 138-6 Tuesday to send the bill to the Senate. The measure would require schools to be accredited by individual building instead of just by district. It would allow students at failing…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri House has passed a bill on sales tax increases for the St. Louis Zoo. House members voted 88-55 Tuesday to send the bill to the Senate, which is considering a similar proposal. The bill allows ballot initiatives to be brought in St. Louis and St. Louis County to…
CLAYTON (KTRS) St. Louis County police say the human remains found in a subdivision lake over the weekend are the bones of an infant. People fishing found the bones Saturday night in the Behlman Lake Court subdivision in north St. Louis County. Police have not yet determined the exact age or sex of the victim.…
Chicago (AP)  Moody’s Investors Service says it will review most of Illinois’s public universities for potential credit downgrades over the next three months. The bond credit rating business made the announcement today, the same day it bumped Northeastern Illinois University’s credit down two levels. Moody’s made the change citing “weakened cash flow” due in part…
St. Louis, MO  (KTRS)  History has been made today as Lyda Krewson was sworn in as St. Louis’s first female mayor. The inauguration of the longtime Alderwoman of the 28th ward was held at noon at St. Louis City Hall. Krewson will serve as St. Louis’ 46th mayor, succeeding Mayor Francis Slay, St. Louis’ longest-serving mayor. Kansas…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS)  Today is the deadline to file your taxes without this risk of incurring penalties. It’s also a day to take advantage of freebies and discounts offered by businesses on Tax Day. Offers.com has rounded up a list of the very best deals available to today in celebration (or mourning) of filing our…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A children’s hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, has approved the $300,000 purchase of a third, deluxe 3-D printer to crank out more models faster. Children’s Mercy Hospital radiologist Neil Mardis said at a presentation Thursday that he thinks 3-D printing will be a routine tool in medicine within five years.…
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois’ department of revenue says more than 300 state employees, including two lawmakers, are delinquent in paying their taxes for the 2014 calendar year. Department of Revenue officials tell the Chicago Tribune the 312 state workers are getting their salaries but still haven’t filed returns for calendar year 2014, which were due…