Cardinals stop 5-game slide with 3-2 victory over Cubs
CHICAGO (AP) – Brandon Moss and Jhonny Peralta homered against John Lackey, and the St. Louis Cardinals stopped a five-game slide by holding off the Chicago Cubs for a 3-2 victory on Monday night. Aledmys Diaz added an RBI single and Jaime Garcia (5-6) pitched into the seventh inning as the Cardinals got back on…
PAC treasurer denies ties to GOP Missouri governor hopeful
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Republican gubernatorial candidate Eric Greitens’ campaign says it has no relationship with the treasurer of a political action committee that’s behind attack ads, even though the man made calls at a campaign event. LG PAC treasurer Hank Monsees told The Associated Press Monday that Greitens’ campaign didn’t ask him to…
Petitioners suspend Columbia marijuana initiative drive
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – An activist group has suspended its efforts to loosen marijuana restrictions in Columbia while awaiting the fate of a statewide push to allow Missourians to vote on legalizing medical marijuana. Mid-Missouri NORMAL wants Columbia to decriminalize the cultivation of six or fewer marijuana plants. Group president Josh Chittum says the issue…
4 Syrian refugee families arrived in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Twenty-six Syrian refugees have arrived in St. Louis to start new lives. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the International Institute of St. Louis helped four families make their way to the city over the weekend. Volunteers with the institute spent last week preparing housing and gathering food items for each…