SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – Missouri State University has agreed to pay $25,000 to a former student who sued after he was removed from a counseling program because he wouldn’t counsel gay couples. The Springfield News-Leader reports the settlement with Andrew Cash was final last month. The newspaper reported the details after submitting an open records…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Gov. Eric Greitens’ inaugural festivities are being funded by some of the state’s most prominent businesses. Greitens has not revealed a cost for Monday’s privately funded celebrations, but he has released a list of “benefactors” that have helped finance the events. That list includes such businesses as Anheuser-Busch, Boeing, Enterprise,…
( KTRS ) Police are investigating after a man was shot in the leg Monday evening. Investigators say the victim was shot just after 7 pm in the 8900 block of Riverview. The man, in his 20’s, was taken from the scene to a local hospital and is said to be in stable condition. No…
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois’ largest state employee union says it’s made significant concessions in hopes of resuming contract negotiations, including a wage freeze. The state council of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees issued a Monday letter saying they’d also pay higher health care premiums. The union had previously called for an…
( KTRS ) St. Louis police are investigating an officer involved shooting that took place Monday afternoon. The shooting happened on Page Blvd on the city’s north side around 1pm. Before the shooting, officers were following a stolen SUV with three suspects inside. At some point the SUV began driving very fast, received a flat…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) – An effort to target crime and improve life in over a dozen St. Louis neighborhoods seems to be off to a slow start. In December 2015, Mayor Francis Slay released a detailed plan to target 12 north St. Louis and three south side neighborhoods. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that halfway…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Eric Greitens has been a Navy SEAL officer, Rhodes scholar, White House fellow, charity founder and best-selling author. On Monday, the 42-year-old Republican will be sworn into office as Missouri’s 56th governor. He’s promised to shake up politics, spur economic growth and focus on ethics. He’ll replace term-limited Democratic Gov.…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway and her husband, Jon, are welcoming a third son. Galloway announced in a news release Sunday that Joseph Nickels Galloway was born Friday afternoon. She says her new son is “beautiful, healthy and loud.” And her two sons, William and Benjamin, are already proud big…
CAHOKIA, Ill. (AP) – A plane carrying the Dallas Stars hockey team was forced to return to a St. Louis-area airport because of smoke in the cockpit. The Belleville News-Democrat reports the Boeing 737 took off at 11:52 a.m. from the St. Louis Downtown Airport in Cahokia, Illinois, but turned around within five minutes. Mike…
( KTRS ) A fire forced some residents out of their apartments at a retirement village Sunday night. The fire, at the Friendship Village retirement community in Chesterfield, was called in around 9:30 pm last night. Fire crews were able to douse the flames and say they believe the fire was started by a ventilation…