( KTRs) Authorities are investigating a call for an assault that involved an axe. Police were called to a residence in the 4800 block of Maffitt, just after midnight, Wednesday. When they arrived that victim told officers that he had got into an altercation with his neighbor, who then produced an axe and struck the…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A task forces says the University of Missouri system should emphasize diversity in its recruiting and hiring practices, while also finding ways to fund those practices to make them sustainable. A 21-page report by the UM System Diversity, Equity and Inclusion task force issued Wednesday made specific recommendations to improve diversity…
(KTRS) – St. Louis City leaders are asking for $40 million in tax credits to help finance a Major League Soccer stadium. This is on top of the $80 million that city voters will decide on in April. The new tax credit request will be presented to the state Development Finance Board in Jefferson City Thursday.…
PORT BYRON, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois Manufacturers’ Association says Gov. Bruce Rauner weakened Illinois’ job prospects by signing a nuclear-energy subsidy. Rauner signed the law Wednesday creating a plan to allow Exelon Corp. to keep two unprofitable nuclear plants open with $235 million a year from ratepayers. But he says it will save consumers…
HARTVILLE, Mo. (AP) – The state auditor says an audit shows new possible fraud by a former county collector who recently pleaded guilty to forgery. Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway said Wednesday in a release that the audit shows “new inappropriate and potentially fraudulent activities” by former Wright County Collector Cynthia Cottengim. Cottengim resigned in…
NEW YORK (AP) – New York City’s mayor and other Democratic officials say Congress is coming up far too short in proposing to reimburse the city $7 million for protecting Trump Tower. It’s a fifth of what New York requested. Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday that New York City taxpayers “should not be on…
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas could host the nation’s next major fight over stricter requirements for immunizations as its rates of schoolchildren who refuse to get shots for non-medical reasons rises. The number of Texas kindergarten through 12th grade students who reported filing conscientious exemptions for at least one immunization last school year increased 19-fold…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – One day after Ferguson residents heard an update on racial reform efforts in their community, a federal judge got an update of her own. U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry held a hearing Tuesday to hear about efforts to eliminate racial bias and create more diversity in the St. Louis suburb that…
( KTRS ) Police are looking for a missing teen that was last seen Nov. 29. 15 yr old Trinity Battig is described as 5′ 7″, with a light build, brown hair and brown eyes. She has pierced ears and may be wearing glasses. She was last seen in Barnhart, MO. According to the National…
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois legislative leaders and Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner are succeeding more at frustrating each other than at striking a deal to end an 18-month budget impasse that’s damaging the state’s fiscal health every day. The relationship between ruling Democrats, Republican leaders, and Rauner has only grown more toxic after several meetings in…