(KTRS) – A major renovation on Forest Park Parkway near Kingshighway is set to begin early next month. The Parkway currently runs under Kingshighway–the $10 million project will create a more “traditional intersection” between the two streets. Forest Park Parkway is set to close December 5 and could remain closed for up to a year. About…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The Environmental Protection Agency will test for radioactive contamination at a home near a St. Louis County landfill, a Superfund site where illegally buried nuclear waste sits near an underground fire. Meanwhile, Region 7 Administrator Mark Hague said Tuesday that the agency is not yet ready to announce remediation plans for…
Construction should begin next year and wrap up by 2020
(KTRS) – The oldest family-owned theater chain in America has a new owner. Wherenberg announced they were being acquired by Milwaukee-based Marcus Theaters. The company says they will maintain the Wherenberg name. The sale will cement Marcus’ status as the fifth-largest chain in the nation. Wherenberg operated independently for more than 100 years.
(KTRS) – The St. Louis Collector of Revenue, Gregory F.X. Daly says he will not run for mayor. In a release, Daly said that this political season has taken a toll on everyone and he says he does not want to be a part of process that “could tear this city apart and divide the Democratic…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri hunters will now be allowed to use crossbows during archery season. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the Missouri Department of Conservation has approved the change. A crossbow is a device that fires arrow-like projectiles called bolts. Missouri deer biologist Barbara Keller says crossbows had been allowed for people…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The board that operates the St. Louis Zoo and museums in St. Louis has turned down a proposal to charge admission to visitors who are not from St. Louis city or St. Louis County. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the Zoo-Museum District Board made the decision Monday after former board…
(KTRS) – Some goods news is coming for drivers who use Grand near I-44: MoDOT plans to reopen several portions of the road around the ongoing project on Grand. Late Thursday crews will reopen Lafayette at Grand and that will also open the ramp between westbound 44 and Grand. On Saturday between 6 am and…
(KTRS) – Don’t look now, but it looks like it will be a tight race for Missouri Governor. A new Post-Dispatch poll fins that Eric Greitens has moved into a statistical tie with Attorney General Chris Koster. A recently as a month ago, the Republican outsider trailed Koster by five points. The tightening could be…
