PERRYVILLE, Mo. (AP) — A rural Missouri county along the Mississippi River is gearing up for visitors who will arrive next August in search of the best viewing of what some are calling the Great American Eclipse. The Aug. 21, 2017, event will be the first total solar eclipse to be seen from the mainland…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gov. Jay Nixon this past week signed legislation to give Missouri teachers support in working with traumatized children. The new law calls for the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to give intensive training to five schools in what’s called the trauma-informed approach. The idea is based on research on…
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CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois women who rely on state services are among those most affected by the nearly year-long state budget impasse. The Chicago Tribune reports that nonprofit organizations that deliver state-subsidized help to struggling mothers and their children, as well as victims of sexual assault and domestic violence, have been frozen out of the…
ST. LOUIS – (KTRS) – Mike Stutz, the general manager of KESQ in Palm Springs, California, joined Martin Kilcoyne on 6-24-2016 to discuss the extreme heat blanketing the Southwest and wildfires raging in Southern California.
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(KTRS) – National Democrats are coming to St. Louis this weekend to finalize the party platform before next month’s convention in Philadelphia. The meeting takes place today and tomorrow and is open to the public. Hillary Clinton is the presumptive nominee but Bernie Sanders supporters have said they hope to influence the party’s platform. The…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Two government officials familiar with the Orlando shooting say FBI investigators have so far not turned up persuasive evidence that the gunman was pursuing gay relationships. The FBI began investigating the possibility after media reports quoted men as saying that Omar Mateen had reached out to them on gay dating apps and…
AYRSHIRE, Scotland (AP) – Hillary Clinton says economic uncertainty sparked by the Britain’s choice to leave the European Union “underscores the need for calm, steady, experienced leadership in the White House.” The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee says the United States’ “first task” is to ensure economic uncertainty created by the move doesn’t hurt American families.…
Prosecutors urged a lengthy sentence for what they called an attempt to assassinate the judge