WASHINGTON (AP) – Tim Kaine is predicting a “scorched-earth” debate performance from Republican Donald Trump. Ahead of Wednesday night’s presidential debate, the Democratic vice presidential nominee said running mate Hillary Clinton will be cool and collected in the face of Trump’s likely insults and histrionics. Kaine made the comments at a campaign rally in Springfield,…
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – A federal judge ruled weeks ago that the University of North Carolina must allow three transgender people to use bathrooms matching their gender identity. Now those plaintiffs want an appeals court to expand that preliminary ruling to cover everyone in the state, and in any public restroom. North Carolina’s House Bill…
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Milan, MO (KTRS) Six horses and two mules are being cared for by the Humane Society of Missouri after being rescued from a property in north central Missouri on Monday. Officials with the Humane Society say the animals were living on one acre of land barren of all forage at the property in Milan in…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) One person is dead following a shooting in north St. Louis. Police were called around 7 a.m. Wednesday after the victim was found shot to death behind the Goody Goody Diner in 5900 block Natural Bridge. There’s no word of any arrests or a motive. The victim’s identity hasn’t been released.…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) A fallen St. Louis County police officer is being honored. During Monday night’s county council meeting, St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger signed an executive order to rename Clydesdale Park in south county to the Officer Blake C. Snyder Memorial Park. This was in response to an online petition that…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – One of the nation’s largest Fourth of July celebrations is returning to Forest Park in St. Louis in 2017. Organizers of Fair St. Louis said Tuesday that the festival will be July 2 through July 4. The fair was on the grounds of the Gateway Arch for its first 33 years. The…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Ninety-year-old rock ‘n’ roll legend Chuck Berry is set to release his first new studio album in more than 35 years. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Berry’s album, titled “Chuck,” will be available in 2017. The album was recorded in St. Louis-area studios and will feature mostly original work by Berry,…
ROLLA, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri University of Science and Technology has suspended the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity after two students were injured during an event last week at the fraternity house. The university said in a news release Monday that campus police were notified Sunday and that an investigation is underway. The release offered…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Several thousand Springfield Clinic patients insured through Illinois’ health plans will be asked to pay hundreds of dollars in co-payments, deductibles and other out-of-pocket costs the clinic hasn’t tried to collect for the past year and a half. The State Journal-Register reports that the clinic usually waits to bill patients their…