( KTRS ) Authorities have identified the remains of a man found behind a church in North County. On October 12th police were called to the Lutheran Church of the Living Christ, for a report of a found body. The victim has now been identified as 64 yr old Ivory Kelly, who resided in the…
BELTON, Mo. (AP) – McDonald’s will pay a $56,500 settlement after a southeast Missouri restaurant manager refused to interview a deaf job applicant. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Tuesday announced the settlement with McDonald’s Corp. and McDonald’s Restaurants. A message seeking comment from the Oak Brook, Illinois-based company was not immediately returned. The…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) BJC HealthCare is launching a new scholarship fund in response to the findings from the Ferguson Commission. Scholarships will be awarded annually to up to fourteen students in communities served by BJC hospitals, including St. Louis City and St. Louis County. Each scholarship will be a need-based award of up to $10,000…
( KTRS ) A person is in hospital after being struck by a vehicle Monday night in Belleville. The Belleville Fire Department reports that the incident happened around 8:20pm last night in the 4200 block of North Belt West. The victim was transported to Barnes-Jewish Hospital, their condition in unknown at this time.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The University of Illinois Springfield is planning an event in which community members can share their political memorabilia with others while also keeping it in their possession. The State Journal-Register reports that the university’s history department is hosting the “history harvest” Saturday. Residents are asked to bring items that can be…
( KTRS) MetroLink Red Line trains will be back to normal Tuesday morning, after being shut down Monday due to a gas leak. Operations in Illinois between the Memorial Hospital Station, Swansea Station, Belleville Station, and College Station were most affected. No word yet on what caused the gas leak.
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Washington University in St. Louis has stopped using sedated cats to train medical students how to insert breathing tubes down the throats of babies, effectively ending the practice in the U.S., according to a medical ethics group. The Washington University School of Medicine said in a statement on Monday that after…
St. Charles, MO (KTRS) Missouri G-O-P gubernatorial candidate Eric Greitens is hitting the campaign trail hard this week. On Monday, Greitens attended “meet and greet” events in Ballwin and St. Charles, where he spoke to voters about his plan to take Missouri in a new direction. The former Navy SEAL spokes on a variety of…
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) – A nonprofit organization in Missouri says it’ll take lessons learned from protests in Ferguson after an unarmed black man was fatally shot by a white police officer to help parents address the challenges of trauma. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Parents as Teachers of Missouri is part of a national group…
OAK BROOK, Ill. (AP) – Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner says he’s creating a council that will review state agency rules and regulations with the goal of reducing bureaucracy. Rauner made the announcement Monday morning in the Chicago suburbs. He says each regulatory agency will have a representative on the newly created Illinois Competiveness Council. Officials…