ST. LOUIS (KTRS) A Mexican restaurant tucked away in a standalone brick building in the Botanical Heights neighborhood has been named the ninth best new restaurant of the year among the top ten in the U-S by Bon Appetit magazine. Bon Appetit calls Nixta not just any Mexican restaurant and praises its ambitious menu that doesn’t…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) Attorneys for a Missouri death row inmate convicted in the 1998 murder of a former St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter are asking for a halt to the prisoner’s execution next week. The attorneys for Marcellus Williams filed the request with the state Supreme Court and Governor Eric Greitens’s office because they say they have…
Creve Couer, MO (KTRS) Governor Eric Greitens is hoping to enhance Missouri’s economic relationship with Israel. On Tuesday, the Governor hosted the Israeli Ambassador to the United States, Ron Dermer during his visit to the St. Louis area. They participated in a business roundtable at the Danforth Plant Science Center. Greitens said healthcare, cyber security,…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) The NAACP’s travel advisory is taking its toll on the St. Louis tourism industry. That’s according to Explore St. Louis, which issued a statement that said it has been notified by a number of area hotels that they have lost meeting groups that had been in contract talks. The statement also says they’ve…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A woman who changed her story while testifying during a St. Louis murder trial of two men who later were acquitted is charged with perjury. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports prosecutors have charged 20-year-old Dominique Williams of Wellston. A jury last week acquitted 24-year-old Darryon Rowell of Berkeley and 21-year-old Erick…
University of Missouri adjusts to budget cuts COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Administrators at the University of Missouri in Columbia are working to maintain research and education opportunities despite proposed budget cuts and job eliminations. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that the university released a budget proposal in May calling for the elimination of more than…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) A north county man is facing charges following a fatal shooting outside of a Spanish Lake hair salon over the weekend. Twenty-year-old Keith Isabell has been charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the fatal shooting of 24-year-old Evan Robinson of Florissant. Police say the shooting stemmed from…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Attorney General Jeff Sessions says “too much has been read into” President Donald Trump’s statement Saturday amid violence at a protest in Charlottesville, Virginia, related to the removal of a Confederate monument. Sessions told NBC’s “Today” that Trump had “explicitly condemned” violence and that “he totally opposes” the values espoused by white…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police are investigating a murder in north St. Louis. Police say the female victim was gunned down late Sunday night 1700 O’Fallon in north St. Louis. There’s no word of any arrests or a motive. The victim’s name hasn’t been released. This latest killing brings the St. Louis murder count to at…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Senate overturned Gov. Bruce Rauner on public education funding Sunday, voting to override an amendatory veto despite the Republican governor’s contention that his changes would mean millions of dollars more for school districts outside Chicago. The Senate voted 38-19 to reject significant changes the first-term governor made to the…