WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration is highlighting new steps to help average working people, including paid sick leave for some. The Labor Department is finalizing a rule allowing federal contract employees to earn up to seven paid sick days yearly. President Barack Obama signed an executive order last year requiring this step. Labor Secretary…
HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) – A state lawmaker says one person was killed and two critically injured when a commuter train plowed into the Hoboken station. Democratic Assemblyman Raj Mukherji, who represents Hoboken, said a transit official confirmed the death to him. A New Jersey Transit spokeswoman, Jennifer Nelson, earlier said that more than 100 people…
Undated (KTRS) Columbia College of Missouri is considered the safest college in the state. That’s according to BackgroundChecks.org in its Annual “Safest Colleges in Missouri report.” The public safety focused organization based its findings on several factors, including FBI crime reports, statistics from the Department of Education, and student surveys. Park University came in…
An umpire for youth baseball in Smithton, IL. has been arrested for failing to mention that he is on the sex offender list. Police say that 50 yr old Dennis Cotton, of Swansea, was taken into custody after officers discovered he was a sexual predator. Cotton applied for and received certification to umpire games from…
Authorities have identified the man who was killed when his motorcycle collided with a SUV in Creve Coeur. The incident happened Wednesday morning around 7am, on Ladue Rd near 270. Police say 30 yr old Whitley Russo was rushed to a local hospital, but was pronounced dead. The crash is under investigation. The driver of…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Department of Natural Resource’s chief has been selected as the first female director of the 79-year history of the state’s conservation department. Sara Parker Pauley takes on her new role Nov. 1 with the independent agency that protects and manages the state’s fish, forest and wildlife resources. Pauley replaces…
( KTRS ) Authorities are investigating the death of a man who seemingly feel from an ATV. Wednesday afternoon, just before 1pm, police were called to the 13330 block of Bellefontaine Road for a call for a vehicle accident. Upon arrival, officers found a man suffering fatal injuries, off of the roadway near an ATV.…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A mistrial has been declared in the trial of a former police officer who allegedly punched a man outside a downtown St. Louis bar. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports jurors deadlocked Wednesday on the misdemeanor assault case against 36-year-old Steven Blakeney. It wasn’t clear if prosecutors planned to seek a retrial.…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Congress has rejected a veto by President Barack Obama for the first time since he became president. The House voted 348-77 Wednesday to override his veto of legislation and allow the families of Sept. 11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia for the kingdom’s alleged backing of the attackers. The Senate had voted…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The University of Missouri is investigating after two black female students said other students yelled racial slurs at them. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that the incident began late Tuesday night when a group of white students walked past two members of the Legion of Black Collegian’s Activities Committee. The legion…