(KTRS) – For the first time in more than four decades, organizers have canceled the Great Forest Park Balloon Race. Officials say that fields in Forest Park were too wet to hold the event. But planners say they loook forward to next year’s race. Yesterday organizers canceled the annual Balloon Glow.
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois’ wealthy governor has donated $100,000 to Missouri Republican gubernatorial candidate Eric Greitens. A state campaign finance report filed Friday shows Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and his wife Diana made the contribution on Thursday. Greitens faces Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster in the race to replace Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, a Democrat.…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Voters in St. Louis have picked Bruce Franks over incumbent Penny Hubbard in what’s being called a “do-over” election for the Democratic nomination for a Missouri House seat. Unofficial results from the secretary of state’s office from Friday’s special election show Franks got 2,234 votes, while Hubbard received 701. The re-do…
(KTRS) – There will be no Balloon Glow in Forest Park Friday. Officials with Balloon Race announced that fields are too wet and there is concern that more rain and storms could be on tap tonight. But tomorrow’s Balloon Race is still on. Events start tomorrow at noon with the race scheduled for 4:30. Fireworks…
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) – A Missouri woman has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for her role in recruiting teenage girls to be prostitutes. U.S. Attorney Don Boyce said 25-year-old Robin Thompson of Park Hills, Missouri, took part in helping her husband recruit girls ages 12-18 and selling them as prostitutes to older men…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A judge has granted a venue change for a Mexican national accused of killing a Missouri man and four others in Kansas, ordering the Missouri trial to be held in St. Louis. A judge in mid-Missouri’s Montgomery County signed off Thursday on the venue change for 40-year-old Pablo Serrano-Vitorino. Serrano-Vitorino is…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine says he’s not thinking about preparing to become president should anything happen to running mate Hillary Clinton. In an interview for “On Air with Ryan Seacrest” that aired Friday, the Virginia senator was asked how someone in his position prepares to suddenly become president. Kaine laughed…
