Classes Canceled For Murdered Teacher’s Funeral
St. Louis, MO Â (KTRS) Â Classes are canceled today at Horace Mann Elementary School to allow students and staff to attend the funeral of a murdered third grade teacher. Police say Jocelyn Peters was found shot to death in her Central West End apartment last week. Â The 30-year-old teacher was 7 months pregnant. So far there…
Legislature passes limits on paid political consulting
( KTRS ) The Missouri Legislature has passed the first bill in a package of legislation aimed at tightening ethics laws for lawmakers. The Senate voted 32-0 Tuesday to ban lawmakers and statewide elected officials from working as paid political consultants while they are in office. The legislation would prohibit office holders from getting paid…
NFL presses NY Times to retract concussion story
NEW YORK (AP) – The NFL has demanded The New York Times retract a front-page story that called the league’s concussion research flawed and likened the NFL’s handling of head trauma to the tobacco industry’s response to the dangers of cigarettes. In a letter from its law firm to the general counsels of the newspaper…
Blues beat Avalanche 3-1, keep pace with Stars atop Central
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Brian Elliott made 20 saves and Vladimir Tarasenko scored his 36th goal to lift the St. Louis Blues over the Colorado Avalanche 3-1 on Tuesday night for their fifth straight victory. David Backes and Troy Brouwer also scored for the Blues, who are tied with Dallas atop the Central Division after…
Candidate filing for Missouri offices closes
( KTRS ) Candidate filing to run for Congress, the state Legislature and statewide offices in Missouri has ended. The secretary of state’s office reports almost 500 candidates filed to run for various offices this year. More Republicans are running than Democrats, with 255 GOP candidates and 197 Democratic hopefuls. St. Louis businessman John Brunner, former…