JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Nearly two centuries after Missouri gained statehood as part of a compromise over slave ownership, no black candidate has ever won a statewide election there. Longtime TV news reporter and anchor Robin Smith would be the first if she’s elected secretary of state. An Associated Press analysis found Missouri is…
(KTRS) – Online voters named the St. Louis Zoo the top free attraction in the nation. The Zoo won out over 19 other attractions, including Central Park in New York City and the Golden Gate Bridge. St. Louis Zoo welcomes around 3.2 million visitors a year and has been free since opening in 1920.
FESTUS, Mo. (AP) – An eastern Missouri high school student has been suspended after holding up a sign for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a pep assembly. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Festus Superintendent Link Luttrell said the discipline had nothing to do with the content of the sign, which was held up…
WASHINGTON (AP) – The day before he goes to Detroit for his first general election appearance in front of a majority black audience, Donald Trump is heading to Philadelphia. Trump will be holding a roundtable with business, civic and religious leaders from the city’s African-American community. Trump has scaled up his outreach to minority voters…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A former Stanford University swimmer whose six-month sentence for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman sparked national outcry has been released from jail after serving half his term. Brock Turner walked out the main entrance of the Santa Clara County jail Friday and plans to head to his native Ohio to live…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A suburban St. Louis school district has agreed to pay $75,000 to settle a federal lawsuit alleging that it failed to protect a high school student from “severe, pervasive and persistent” harassment. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that a judge granted a motion last month to dismiss the case against the…
