JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Gov. Eric Greitens is tapping the Illinois Department of Labor director to head Missouri’s labor agency. The Republican on Thursday announced his pick of Anna Hui to oversee labor issues and workers’ rights in Missouri. She served as assistant labor director in Illinois until Gov. Bruce Rauner in February picked…
( KTRS ) Police in St. Louis are looking for a woman that robbed a bank Thursday afternoon. Police say the female suspect, a black woman thought to be in the late 20’s, walked into the Regions Bank on Hampton Ave around 2:20pm yesterday. She then approached the teller and handed her a note announcing…
New York (KTRS) The former journalist from St. Louis who was arrested in connection with threats against Jewish organizations has made his first New York court appearance. Juan Thompson appeared in Manhattan federal court yesterday, where a judge appointed an attorney to represent him. Bail was denied, so Thompson will remain behind bars until his…
St. Louis (KTRS) A local company is on People Magazine’s 2017 list of “Companies That Care.” World Wide Technology landed at number 47 on the list of 50 world-wide companies. The list is based on 370-thousand employees’ survey responses to the firm Great Places To Work. Employees rated how their companies treat them on a day-to-day…
Jefferson City (KTRS) Once again this session, the Missouri legislature is set to strike down an ordinance the city of St. Louis passed. The Missouri House has passed a bill overturning a St. Louis ordinance that seeks to protect women who have abortions from workplace discrimination. The bill now moves to the Senate, where it is…
Kinloch, MO (KTRS) A body found in Kinloch in February has been positively identified as 25-year old Monica Sykes. She was reported missing from her Berkeley home in October 2016. A national search group, Texas Equi-search, joined volunteers and police last month and discovered the remains. Monica was reportedly last seen getting into a white…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Prosecutors say a Nigerian citizen living in St. Louis was part of a stolen identity fraud scheme that sought more than $12 million in refunds. A federal grand jury in St. Louis returned a superseding indictment Wednesday charging Kevin Kunlay Williams, also known as Kunlay Sodipo, with mail fraud, aggravated identity…
( KTRS ) Police are investigating after a 17 yr old boy was shot last night. A brief report says the shooting happened in the Tower Grove area, near the intersection of Gravois and Bamberger. The victim was reportedly shot in the legs and taken to hospital conscious and breathing. At this time no further…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s Republican-led House has squashed an attempt by Democrats to expand Medicaid eligibility. Members voted 102-41 against a proposal by Columbia Democratic Rep. Kip Kendrick to broaden eligibility under former President Barack Obama’s federal health care law. Kendrick tried to add the proposal to a Republican-sponsored bill that’s advancing to…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – House members are advancing a bill to make Missouri the last state to adopt a database to track addictive prescription drugs but the measure still has a long way to go. The bill received initial approval in a Wednesday voice vote. It needs another vote before it can move to…