MO Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Tobacco Measure Staying On November Ballot
Jefferson City, MO Â (KTRS) Â The Missouri Supreme Court says voters will get to decide whether to raise cigarette taxes to benefit early childhood programs. The high court ruled on Tuesday that the proposal will stay on the November ballot. Â The measure would phase in a 60-cent-per-pack increase of the state’s lowest-in-the-nation tobacco taxes. It also…
Illinois gets $1.8M for low-income students taking AP tests
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois will receive nearly $1.8 million to help low-income students take advanced placement tests. The U.S. Department of Education announced today that it has awarded the grants as part of efforts to boost college- and career-readiness for underserved students. The tests let students obtain college credit for high school courses, reducing the…
Charges filed in fatal shooting of Central West End woman
Two more men have been charged in the fatal shooting of a Central West End woman. 17 yr old Jermaine Stabler of St. Louis and 20 yr old and Ronald Harris of O’Fallon, Mo., were charged Tuesday with second-degree murder, armed criminal action and drug distribution charges. The suspected shooter, 18-year-old Xavier Perkins of O’Fallon,…
Detectives investigating Spanish Lake shooting
( KTRS ) Authorities are investigating a fatal shooting in Spanish Lake. The shooting happened Tuesday evening in the 1500 block of Bavona. Police say the victim was a 26-year-old male who was shot at least two times in an apartment complex parking lot. He was pronounced dead at the scene. No further details have…
New trial for Reginald Clemons pushed back 6 months
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A judge has granted a six-month extension for the new trial for Reginald Clemons, who has spent more than 20 years on death row in the deaths of two sisters who were pushed from an abandoned Mississippi River bridge in St. Louis. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that St. Louis Circuit…
Senate panel to scrutinize proposed Bayer-Monsanto merger
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate is set to take a closer look at a proposed $66 billion merger of American seed and weed-killer company Monsanto and German medicine and farm chemical maker Bayer. The deal combines two of the six U.S. and European companies that dominate the agrochemical market, and would create a global agricultural…
Sen. McCaskill: St. Louis area has highest rate of opioid addiction, overdose deaths in state
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill is today focusing on the challenges facing the St. Louis area, which has one of the highest rates of opioid addiction and overdose deaths in Missouri, during Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week. St. Louis has the highest rates of hospital utilization for opioid overuse in the state.…
