ST. LOUIS (AP) – Authorities say dozens of people have been treated in downtown St. Louis over several days after apparently overdosing on a synthetic cannabis-like drug. St. Louis Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson tells the St. Louis Post-Dispatch most of the people appeared to be homeless and were in the areas of New Life Evangelistic…
( KTRS ) According to a video on Facebook, the distemper outbreak at Stray Rescue of St. Louis is not over. Thursday afternoon, in a Facebook video, Stray Rescue Owner Randy Grim said that the shelter had lost 2 more dogs to distemper, bringing the total number of deaths to 23. He added that further testing…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A federal agency has cited a Missouri roofing company after a worker died of heat stroke. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Thursday that it cited Weathercraft Incorporated with a serious violation and proposed penalties of $12,471. The agency said in a news release that a 47-year-old worker was…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois Department of Agriculture is starting a new program to allow farmers who are veterans or still serving in the military to use a special logo to market their products. The department said Thursday that farmers, ranchers and other agricultural producers who qualify can use the Homegrown by Heroes logo…
Blues Lose on Back-to-Back Nights
( AP ) Police in Portland Oregon have detained several people as an anti-Trump protest-turned violent with demonstrators breaking windows of businesses and starting a dumpster fire downtown. Police termed it a riot. Police termed Thursday’s night’s protest a riot and told people who had not returned to the designated square where the protest took…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The man found fatally shot in an SUV on Interstate 55 in St. Louis was the owner of a popular Irish bar. Pat McVey, owner of Maggie O’Brien’s Restaurant & Irish Pub in downtown St. Louis, was found shortly before 6 p.m. Wednesday in a Ford Explorer on the side of…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Reverend Larry Rice plans to fight the city’s latest action to close his homeless shelter. The city has ordered the New Life Evangelistic Center to stop operating, citing an occupancy permit violation. Rice calls this move by the city harassment. “I really feel this is actually a calculated effort because they haven’t…
Cyclones Visit Columbia in 2017
