Busch Hosts Star-Studded Affair to Announce Winter Classic
Commissioner Gary Bettman Among Those in Attendance
NHL Winter Classic coming to St. Louis in 2017
(KTRS) – Hockey is coming to Busch Stadium next year. Members of the Blues, Blackhawks, and Cardinals officially announced that St. Louis will host the NHL’s Winter Classic. The game between the Blues and Blackhawks is scheduled for January 2, 2017. This is the first outdoor game for the Blues and the third time Chicago…
Dellwood offers ticket, warrant amnesty program
(KTRS) – The mayor of Jennings says some people with outstanding fines or arrest warrants for minor traffic violations can erase their issues with the city if they perform community service. Mayor Reggie Jones say the amnesty program will cover offenses over a two year period starting in April 2012. The Dellwood Police Department was…
Blagojevich thinner, white hair via prison video
CHICAGO (AP) – Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has white hair and is wearing prison-issued clothing in a video feed from prison at his resentencing hearing. The glimpse of Blagojevich Tuesday morning is the first official look at the convicted politician since he was incarcerated in 2012. The resentencing hearing was scheduled after an appeals…
Beyond ‘Obamacare’: State initiatives refocus health debate
WASHINGTON (AP) – Political activists are looking to state ballot questions to move beyond “Obamacare” and refocus the nation’s long-running debate over government’s role in health care. California voters will decide this fall whether to limit what drug companies can charge many state programs. Coloradans will vote on a state version of a “single-payer” government-run…
Infant’s death is first Zika-related fatality in Texas
Health officials say there have been no reported cases of Zika virus disease transmitted by mosquitoes in Texas
Slate of proposals for Missouri ballot to be announced
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s secretary of state will announce whether voters can weigh in on cigarette taxes and campaign contribution limits. The office faces a Tuesday deadline to determine whether those initiatives and others received enough signatures to get on the Nov. 8 ballot. One proposed constitutional amendment would cap campaign donations at…
Missouri historical society to build research center, museum
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The State Historical Society of Missouri has revealed conceptual drawings of a planned $35 million research center and museum. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that the three-story Center for Missouri Studies will house museum galleries on the first floor and collections of manuscripts and newspapers set aside for researchers on the…