JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Opponents forced the suspension Friday of a new Missouri law banning mandatory union fees after delivering dozens of boxes containing what they say are more than 300,000 signed petitions demanding it be put to a public vote. More than 1,000 people hoping to block the right-to-work law rallied at the…
BELTON, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say human remains found in April in rural northwest Missouri are those of a 17-year-old girl who was last seen 10 years ago. Belton police Lt. Brad Swanson said in a statement Wednesday that the FBI confirmed the remains were those of Kara Kopetsky. The Belton teen was last seen…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois House will attempt to reverse Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of a public school funding revamp next week, the speaker said Wednesday after a failed vote on legislation Democrats introduced to gauge support for the Republican governor’s alternative ideas. House Speaker Michael Madigan, a Democrat from Chicago, slammed GOP members…
WEBSTER GROVES (KTRS) Webster Groves Police are investigating a bank robbery that occurred Wednesday morning, Aug. 16, at Arsenal Credit Union on Watson Road. Police say an unidentified black male subject approximately 25 years old, 5’11” to 6’0” tall and having light facial hair, a thin face and wearing a black and white t-shirt with horizontal stripes under a…
SPRINGFIELD (AP) Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan says the chamber will take a vote next week on overriding Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of a school funding plan. Madigan, a Chicago Democrat, says the House will meet Aug. 23 to consider an override. House Democrats called a vote Wednesday on legislation that incorporates the changes Gov. Rauner…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) Part of the fallout from the violence this weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia, has come from video of marchers identified as members of the alt-right, or white supremacists and neo-Nazis … and one participant is a Ladue Horton Watkins High School graduate. Officials with Ladue School District confirm one of the marchers in a…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) St. Louis city leaders hope ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft will begin offering service at Lambert airport by the end of this month. Mayor Lyda Krewson, Comptroller Darlene Green and and Aldermanic President Lewis Reed signed off on a deal which approves $3 pick-up and drop-off fees. Their approval follows the green…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) A Missouri lawmaker says she posted and then deleted a comment on Facebook that said she hoped for President Donald Trump’s assassination. Missouri Democratic Party leaders, including U-S Senator Claire McCaskill are now calling for her to resign from the legislature, and the U.SSecret Service is looking into her comment. Democratic Sen. Maria…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) Something of a catfight may be brewing between the St. Louis Cardinals and the St. Louis Feral Cat Outreach over future custody of Rally Cat, the feline that gained instant fame when he scampered onto the field at Busch Stadium during a ballgame. Wednesday, the Cards’ communications vice president, Ron Watermon, issued…
WASHINGTON, MO (KTRS) The rural Missouri town of Washington is gearing up for the total solar eclipse Aug. 21. Washington is hosting a three day festival to celebrate this rare event. Tessie Steffens, a project assistant for the town’s Chamber of Commerce, says thousands of visitors are expected to attend this celebration. The festivities are set…