NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) -Lawyers in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault case say his eyesight has deteriorated to the point he can no longer identify his accusers in photographs or otherwise help the defense. The 79-year-old Cosby leaned back in his chair Wednesday as his lawyers tried to get a felony charge dismissed before his June trial…
STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. (AP) – Authorities in eastern Missouri’s Ste. Genevieve County are investigating the discovery of skeletal remains in a rural area where a woman missing since 2014 had lived. Sheriff Gary Stolzer tells media outlets the remains were found Tuesday night by a hunter, and that the FBI has been called in to…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The University of Missouri says four students have confirmed cases of mumps and five other students are being tested. The university said in a news release Wednesday that none of the students live in university housing. Some of the students who have been tested are still contagious and the university has…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The board that operates the St. Louis Zoo and museums in St. Louis has turned down a proposal to charge admission to visitors who are not from St. Louis city or St. Louis County. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the Zoo-Museum District Board made the decision Monday after former board…
Jefferson City, MO  (KTRS)   The University of Missouri has a new leader. On Wednesday morning, the University of Missouri Board of Curators announced the appointment of Dr. Mun Y. Choi as it’s new system president. Board of Curators Chair Pam Henrickson introduced Dr. Choi  in Jefferson City, making the announcement of the new president of the…
( KTRS ) Tuesday night union employees with Dierbergs supermarkets overwhelmingly approved a new three-year contract. The vote among members of United Food & Commercial Workers was 520 to 107.  Local 655 began negotiations with Dierbergs and Shop ‘n Save immediately following a revised contract accepted by Schnucks employees last week. Shop ‘n Save workers will…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri man is asking the state Supreme Court to bar prosecutors from citing past criminal allegations at his upcoming trial on a child sex crime charge because a 2014 constitutional amendment that allows prosecutors to do so wasn’t in effect when the latest alleged crime occurred. Kendrick Tipler pleaded…
CHICAGO (AP) – The race for comptroller, usually a low-profile contest coinciding with Illinois’ gubernatorial campaigns, is in the spotlight during a presidential year with a big money special election offering Democrats an unusual chance to oust Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner’s hand-picked candidate. The office that controls Illinois’ checkbook is open mid-term because incumbent Leslie…
( KTRS ) A man wanted in connection with a high speed chase that left one officer dead has been arrested. The Illinois State Police report that 34 yr old Jason Michael Stoker was apprehended late Tuesday afternoon in St. Louis. 22-year-old Officer James Brockmeyer of the Chester Police Department died on October 28th after…
( KTRS ) Two people were shot and killed in south St. Louis Tuesday afternoon, but police say they may be justifiable homicides. Police say that the 73-year-old, Bevo Mill homeowner, was in the garage when two men started to break in. Investigators say the suspects were armed and wanted to steal the man’s truck.…