ST. LOUIS (AP) – A program is launching in St. Louis that will allow young people facing hunger to send a text message and receive a meal. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Not Impossible Labs of Venice, California, plans to launch a six-month pilot program in the city via Covenant House Missouri. Through the program,…
(KTRS) – Part of Granite City Steel will resume operations early next year. US Steel announced that the idled hot strip at Granite City Works will reopen in mid-February. Much of the facility was idled a year ago and the hot strip mill ceased operations in January. US Steel closed the plant due to challenging global…
BRIDGETON, Mo. (AP) – The saying, “Better late than never” certainly applies to Hensley Hall Jr. of suburban St. Louis, who claimed a $405,000 Missouri Lottery prize just two days before it expired. The Missouri Lottery says Hall, of Bridgeton, bought a winning ticket for the Show Me Cash game at a Schnucks Market for…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Jobs are on the rise and unemployment continues to decline in Missouri. The state Department of Economic Development on Tuesday announced seasonally adjusted nonfarm payroll employment grew by 1,900 jobs in November. Jobs again hit a record high, with a total of more than 2.8 million in the state. The…
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) – Local officials estimate that deadly wildfires in East Tennessee have caused more than $500 million in damage. Sevier County Mayor Larry Waters released the estimate Tuesday for the wildfires in the Gatlinburg area that killed 14 people. Officials say 2,460 structures were destroyed or damaged, including more than 2,100 homes and…
DENVER (AP) – Two Colorado electors are appealing a judge’s ruling that they must vote for the presidential candidate who won their state’s popular vote. The electors filed an appeal with the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver after a federal judge Monday ruled they had to follow Colorado law and vote for the…
Creve Coeur, MO (KTRS) The merger between Monsanto and Bayer is one step closer to becoming a reality. Shareholders with the Creve Couer based company approved the merger with Bayer Tuesday morning. As part of the deal, Monsanto shareholders will receive $128 per share in cash at the closing of the merger. “We are pleased…
Kirkwood, MO (KTRS) Police need the public’s help in finding the suspect who robbed a woman at gunpoint in Kirkwood over the weekend. Investigators say the woman and her twin three-year-old daughters were in the parking lot of a Home Goods store around 1:30 p.m. Saturday when they were approached by the suspect, who…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois’ public universities are being forced once again to plan to operate without state funding after going nearly the entire 2015-2016 school year without receiving any support amid the budget standoff between Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and the Legislature’s Democratic leaders. The Herald & Review reports a six-month spending plan that…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Former Congressman Aaron Schock has pleaded not guilty in federal court to misusing government and campaign money for personal use. Schock appeared Monday in U.S. District Court in Springfield to be arraigned on a 24-count indictment. It includes allegations of wire and mail fraud and theft of government funds. U.S. District…