HILLSBORO, Mo. (AP) – A suburban St. Louis man is jailed on $250,000 cash bond after being accused of fatally stabbing his father in the back during an argument and pushing him down basement stairs. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Jefferson County prosecutors charged 32-year-old Kenneth Stotts on Saturday with second-degree murder. Arnold police…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A provost from the University of Connecticut is about to be named president of the University of Missouri. A person familiar with the search told The Associated Press on Monday that the Missouri Board of Curators is expected to finalize the appointment of Mun Y. Choi. The person insisted on…
Maryland Heights, MO (KTRS) Missouri’s gubernatorial candidates continue to hit the campaign trail as the race winds down. Eric Greitens held a town hall meet and greet Monday afternoon at the Sheraton Westport Plaza Hotel in Maryland Heights. The G-O-P candidate says he wants to drive this message home to the undecided voters. “If you’re ready…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Democratic and Republican governors associations are dumping money into the Missouri race for governor in the final days leading up to the election. Campaign finance reports show the Republican Governors Association gave GOP newcomer Eric Greitens $1.5 million on Friday. That’s on top of $2 million the group gave…
CHICAGO (AP) – Over half of Illinois schools have improved in the second year of controversial state PARCC exams, and test participation rose statewide. This year’s state exam results were made public Monday in the annual Illinois Report Card, a conglomeration of data painting a wide picture of schools that includes a myriad of factors.…
Kentucky,Kansas,Villanova, and Oregon Round out Top 5
Freshman Frankie Hughes Shines with 22 Points
WASHINGTON (AP) – Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel says he is backing Republican Donald Trump because he is “the only outsider left in the race.” Thiel was speaking Monday at the National Press Club in Washington. He has donated $1 million to a pro-Trump super PAC and gave $250,000 to Trump’s campaign and Republican partners.…
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – A hearing on releasing some 911 calls from the massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando became a forum for family members to express their frustration over the lack of information released about the investigation. Many of the half dozen family members and their representatives who testified Monday in an Orlando…
( KTRS ) On Monday, St. Louis City employess will taking part in “racial equity training”. Maggie Crane, Spokeswoman for Mayor Slay’s office reports that the ‘Local and Regional Government Alliance on Race & Equity’ has been invited to conduct racial equity training for about 100 City department directors, commissioners and managers in City government.…