ST. LOUIS (AP) – A converted Muslim’s federal lawsuit accuses a private security company of discrimination by rejecting her for employment because of her faith and her traditional religious headscarf. The lawsuit filed in St. Louis on Zahraa Imani Ali’s behalf against Securitas Security Services seeks class-action status. Ali alleges that during an October 2015…
( KTRS ) Several homes in the city of Ferguson are getting a touch up thanks to Home Depot. The City of Ferguson announced Tuesday that Home Depot on New Halls Ferry Road, will donate materials needed to repair six homes in the city. Employees from the Florissant and Maryland Heights chains are also donating…
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois election officials say the number of registered active voters in the state is at its highest since 1970. Illinois State Board of Election spokesman Jim Tenuto said Tuesday morning that there are 7.9 million registered active voters in the state. That’s more than the 7.8 million who were registered in 2008…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A special prosecutor says no charges will be filed against a Missouri House candidate who was accused of sexual assault by an incoming lawmaker. St. Charles County Prosecutor Tim Lohmar said Tuesday that not enough credible evidence exists to charge Steven Roberts Jr., of St. Louis. Cora Faith Walker, of Ferguson,…
DENVER (AP) – Anheuser-Busch says it has completed the world’s first commercial shipment by self-driving truck, sending a beer-filled tractor-trailer on a journey of more than 120 miles through Colorado. The company says it teamed with self-driving truck maker, Otto, and the state of Colorado for the feat. The trailer, loaded with Budweiser beer, began…
(KTRS) – The St. Charles County Police are looking for a missing 22-year-old man. Daniel Halford’s family says he was last seen leaving the house on the afternoon of October 19. He drove away in a black 2007 Chevrolet Impala with Missouri plates F-L-4-V-5-R. He is white, with brown hair and brown eyes, just over…
BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) – Three Democratic U.S. senators are increasing the pressure on the U.S. Golf Association to move next year’s women’s open away from a New Jersey course owned by Donald Trump. Richard Blumenthal, of Connecticut, Edward Markey, of Massachusetts, and Bob Casey, of Pennsylvania, made the request to move next July’s event away…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Plans are moving forward in the expansion of Ballpark Village. Early Tuesday morning, the Cardinals’ released details of the second phase of the project. The second phase includes a 29-story luxury high rise apartment complex and the first new construction of a Class A office building in downtown St. Louis since…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A carjacking suspect is dead after being shot by police in north St. Louis. Police say it started in Jennings late Monday night when an officer spotted a vehicle that was taken in an armed carjacking in south county earlier in the day. The St. Louis County police officer pursued…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri says the U.S. Constitution doesn’t guarantee a reporter or anyone else a right to see executions. The state is pressing a federal judge to throw out Buzzfeed News reporter Christopher McDaniel’s lawsuit over Missouri’s decision to exclude him from witnessing executions. Missouri also says in court documents last week…