St. Joseph, MO (AP) Efforts are underway to reopen the old Tarkio College in northwest Missouri as a two-year intuition. The institution ended its run as a four-year college in 1992, but alumni and volunteers from the surrounding community have banded together to breathe new life into the campus. Their proposal has been submitted to…
Ferguson, MO (KTRS) Ferguson is seeking to replace a city prosecutor criticized by a federal probe of the north county town’s justice system after the 2014 police shooting death of Michael Brown. The city posted an advertisement for Stephanie Karr’s replacement on its website Tuesday: The City of Ferguson, Missouri, is accepting proposals for municipal…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A man is dead following an overnight shooting in north St. Louis. Authorities say the victim was fatally shot around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday on Natural Bridge near Hamilton. The victim’s name hasn’t been released. There’s no word on a motive or of any arrests. This brings the city’s murder count to…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Two St. Louis police officers are being hailed as heroes after rescuing a man from a massive house fire in north city. Authorities say the officers were the first to arrive at the burning home in the 4100 block of Penrose late Tuesday night. That’s when they rescued a man from…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri lawmakers have approved the creation of a commission to review the University of Missouri System’s policies and administrative structure. The measure approved in the House on Tuesday follows months of legislative criticism over how the university handled protests over what some students saw as indifference to racism at the…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Aaron Nola threw seven innings and Ryan Howard homered to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 1-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night. Philadelphia has won seven of eight while St. Louis has lost five of six. Jeanmar Gomez recorded his ninth save in as many opportunities after…
( KTRS ) The Missouri Legislature has voted to block a wage hike for home-care attendants. House members, on Tuesday, overwhelmingly voted to approve undoing Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto. By taking that action, lawmakers stopped a proposed Department of Health and Senior Services rule that would raise the hourly pay for home-care attendants by $1…
