Chicago teachers vote to authorize strike in contract talks
Cost-of-living raises, pension contributions and health care have been key issues since the contract expired last year
Schnucks Employees Set To Vote On Contract Offer
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A strike is looming over Schnucks markets. Leaders with the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 655 are recommending that members vote down a three-year contract offer and authorize a strike. Union leaders say they want to use the strike vote to continue negotiations. If the contract is rejected, a strike…
State: Missouri added 8,700 private employers in 2015
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A state report says Missouri businesses saw a net growth of more than 8,700 private-sector employers in 2015. The report from the Missouri Department of Economic Development says that’s a 5 percent gain over the previous year. The report was released last week. The Jefferson City News Tribune reports (http://j.mp/2di1A05…
Police: Teen driver crashes into parade-goers; 8 injured
HAZELWOOD, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say a teenage driver in suburban St. Louis struck another vehicle and then spun into people who were waiting for a homecoming parade to begin, injuring several of them. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Hazelwood police say none the eight people who were hurt in Saturday’s crash suffered life-threatening…
Audits fail to mention $280,000 in credit card spending
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) – Audits of East St. Louis Townhsip government over the past four years failed to mention three of its supervisors charged about $280,000 to taxpayer-supported credit cards. The Belleville News-Democrat reports (http://bit.ly/2d1lWJe) the charges were made without the knowledge or approval of the township board of trustees. The Belleville auditing…
Authorities looking for missing Dent County girl
( KTRS ) Authorities in Dent County are looking for a missing 13 yr old girl. Sheriff’s say that 13 yr old Harley Hopper hasn’t be seen, or heard from since last Thursday when she left her home in Salem MO, in the early hours of the morning. She is described as a white female,…
Man caught hauling 800 lbs of pot faces 4 months in prison
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A 58-year-old man caught hauling hundreds of pounds of marijuana through southwest Missouri faces about four months in prison. Ashot Grigoryan entered a modified Alford plea to drug possession with intent to distribute after authorities found about 800 pounds (360 kilograms) of marijuana in his truck in 2015. An Alford plea…
Missing 13 yr old, and new born son, found safe.
( KTRS ) Authorities report that a missing teen girl, and her new born son, have been found safe in West Virginia. 13 yr old Katherine Derleth, and her infant son, went missing last Sunday. Police believed that they had been taken by the girls step-father, 39 yr old Christopher Derleth, and could be headed…
Cards Go Quietly in Road Finale
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