URBANA, Ill. (AP) – Enrollment totals for this fall show the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign is the seventh-largest public university campus in the country with 44,880 students. Charles Tucker, vice provost for undergraduate education and innovation, says the campus has grown by about 1 percent a year for several decades largely at the undergraduate…
Authorities have identified a motorcyclist that died Sunday in a crash on highway 94 in Warrenton County. Police say 23 yr old Zachary Rohde was killed around 6pm when he lost control of his Harley Davidson, left the roadway and crashed into a ditch. The Missouri Highway Patrol responded, but the Rohde was pronounced dead…
ROCKAWAY BEACH, Mo. (AP) – The mayor of a once-thriving southwest Missouri lake town says a billionaire is willing to put up big money to bring a riverboat casino there. Missouri voters rejected a bid in 2004 by Rockaway Beach to bring a casino to the community of about 850 residents 11 miles northeast of…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Maybe it was the compliments they’d just given each other. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump shook hands after the debate ended, something they refused to do 90 minutes earlier. The debate was especially icy at the outset, replete with talk of sexual impropriety and Trump threatening to jail Clinton over her…
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — When Hurricane Matthew dumped torrential rains on North Carolina, thousands of people found themselves suddenly trapped in homes and cars. Rescuers in Coast Guard helicopters plucked some of them from rooftops and used military vehicles to reach others, including a woman who held on to a tree for three hours after…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — The family of an 18-year-old man suspected of killing a St. Louis County police officer has issued a statement calling the teen a “lost soul.” Trenton Forster was charged Thursday with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of 33-year-old officer Blake Snyder while Snyder was responding to a report of a…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The second 2016 presidential debate will be held this weekend on the campus of Washington University. This will mark the fifth time the university has hosted a presidential debate since 1992. Back then, the university had one week to transform the gymnasium of the Field House into a red-carpeted debate hall for the…
CHICAGO (AP) – The Illinois Supreme Court has adopted rule changes on the shackling of juvenile suspects in Illinois courtrooms in the wake of criticism their use was too common, dehumanizing and counterproductive. A Thursday court statement says the default shouldn’t be to shackle juveniles and that it can happen only after a judge makes…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri sheriff appointed to a commission that oversees the state’s public defender system has stepped down barely a month after taking the job. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Jefferson County Sheriff Oliver “Glenn” Boyer resigned Monday, citing health issues and a possible conflict of interest. Boyer was appointed by Gov.…
A man is in critical condition after being shot in the back late Thursday night. Police say the man, believed to be in his 30’s, was shot around 9:30pm last night, just a short distance away from O’Fallon Park, near the 4500 block of Adelaide Ave. An investigation is on-going, no other details have been…