Sixteen Public Safety Officers, Two Civilians Honored For Valor

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Sixteen public safety responders and two civilians have received the Missouri Medal of Valor and four new Department of Public Safety awards. Gov. Eric Greitens presented the awards and also declared Saturday Missouri Public Safety Officers Recognition Day. The Medal of Valor is the state’s highest award recognizing public safety…

DeVos May Only Partly Forgive Some Student Loans

By MARIA DANILOVA, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department is considering only partially forgiving federal loans for students defrauded by for-profit colleges, according to department officials, abandoning the Obama administration’s policy of erasing that debt. Under President Barack Obama, tens of thousands of students deceived by now-defunct for-profit schools had over $550 million in…

Student From St. Louis Charged With Murder In Grambling State Killings

Grambling, LA,  (KTRS)  A student from St. Louis is behind bars in connection with a double fatal shooting at Grambling State University earlier this week. Nineteen-year-old Jaylin Wayne was taken into custody Thursday night. The Vashon High School graduate is facing first-degree murder charges in the shooting that killed another student and his friend after…