ST. LOUIS (AP) — A colorful beetle that was once common in southwest Missouri is showing signs of a comeback, thanks to a joint effort by the St. Louis Zoo and conservation organizations. A recent census found 850 American burying beetles in traps at Wah’Kon-Tah Prairie — an eight-fold increase over 2015. The beetle disappeared…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis County police say a suspected carjacker is hospitalized after a police pursuit that ended when the vehicle crashed and the driver apparently shot himself in the head. Police said in a release that three carjackers led officers on the chase early Saturday until the stolen SUV crashed. Two juveniles…
NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump says he agreed to settle lawsuits over Trump University “for a small fraction of the potential award because as president I have to focus on our country.” Trump made the comment on Twitter Saturday. He also tweeted that “the ONLY bad thing about winning the presidency is that…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The nation’s most advanced weather satellite ever awaits a sunset liftoff. NASA is launching the $1 billion GOES-R satellite for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. An unmanned Atlas rocket is scheduled to blast off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 5:42 p.m. Saturday. The satellite will aim for a 22,300-mile-high…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis region’s school desegregation program, one of the longest-running and largest programs in the U.S., will begin winding down under a plan approved by a governing board on Friday. The program that allows black city students to attend schools in the suburbs was granted a five-year extension by the…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s highest court says it won’t intervene in a lawsuit by activists seeking an independent probe of a prosecutor’s handling of grand jury proceedings in the Ferguson police shooting of Michael Brown. The Missouri Supreme Court announced in an order obtained by media outlets Friday that it won’t hear the matter.…
(KTRS) – The man who led the Missouri Republican party since February 2015, is stepping down. Missouri GOP Chairman John Hancock announced today he is leaving the post. His decision comes after Republicans swept statewide races, but he told the Post-Dispatch that a large amount of credit for the wins goes to party executive director…
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) – An 88-year-old election judge from southern Illinois has pleaded not guilty after allegedly sending in an absentee ballot in her late husband’s name. The (Belleville) News-Democrat reports that Audrey Cook appeared Thursday in Madison County Circuit Court. Cook, of Alton, told The Associated Press this month that she filled out the…
