ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Striking Atlantic City casino workers are using the Fourth of July holiday to highlight their struggle against billionaire Carl Icahn, who owns the Trump Taj Mahal casino. Customers have been crossing picket lines in large numbers since Local 54 of the Unite-HERE union walked off the job Friday, but the…
MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. (AP) — Stan Kroenke couldn’t wait to get his NFL team out of St. Louis six months ago, in part because of what his team’s relocation application deemed to be a “struggling economy.” But now the billionaire is an investor in a proposed large-scale development along the Missouri River in St. Louis…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jack Taylor, who started a leasing company with seven cars and built it into Enterprise Rent-A-Car, has died. He was 94. Enterprise said in a statement Taylor died Saturday in St. Louis after a brief illness. In 1957, Taylor founded Executive Leasing at a Cadillac dealership in St. Louis where he…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Just three states — Missouri, North Dakota and California — have held cigarette taxes flat since the turn of century. But that could soon change. Petitions are seeking to put higher cigarette taxes on the fall ballot in all three of those holdout states, as well as Colorado. Victories by…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis police are searching for two men in a red Ford Mustang following a fatal shooting along a popular trail for hiking and biking. A man in his 50s died Friday after being shot in the chest. Police say he was sitting in a minivan with three other people along…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A new Missouri law will give legal protections to those who try to rescue children from hot vehicles. Gov. Jay Nixon on Friday signed the legislation into law. It took effect immediately. People will be required to contact police or other emergency responders before breaking in and then must wait…
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois’ experiment with medical marijuana has gotten a boost thanks to a 2 1/2-year pilot program extension and the inclusion of two more medical conditions. The extension and inclusion of post-traumatic stress disorder and some terminal illnesses are part of legislation Gov. Bruce Rauner signed Thursday. On Friday, medical marijuana advocates and…
(KTRS) – A 16-year-old boy will be tried as an adult connected to the shooting death of a toddler late last year. Prosecutors charged Kameron Harvey with involuntary manslaughter for the shooting of 3-year-old Xavier Robinson. Investigators say that Harvey was visiting with Xavier’s older brother when they began playing with the gun and shot…
Nixon disputed that the program, which is provided free to businesses, could be costly and says it’s easy to use
Forward Agrees to 2-year Deal