(KTRS) – There will be no Balloon Glow in Forest Park Friday. Officials with Balloon Race announced that fields are too wet and there is concern that more rain and storms could be on tap tonight. But tomorrow’s Balloon Race is still on. Events start tomorrow at noon with the race scheduled for 4:30. Fireworks…
(KTRS) – Area around Grand and Interstate 44 will be a bit chaotic for the next two weeks. Monday, MoDOT closed the ramp from Grand to eastbound I-44. Crews will be laying new asphalt to connect the ramp to the new Grand bridge. Drivers will not be able to get onto eastbound 44 from Grand…
(KTRS) – GasBuddy-dot-com is warning drivers in Missouri and Illinois that gas prices are likely to spike by tomorrow morning. Analysts say weather on the east coast is causing a shortage in oil supply. The website already shows gas prices up since this morning, but they believe gas could jump by as much as 35-cents…
(KTRS) – A high end residential housing complex could be coming to The Hill neighborhood. The Sansone Group is leading the charge to build nearly 300 apartments and dozens of town homes. This would represent the first new building on the Hill in decades. The Hill 2000, a neighborhood organization, wants the project to bring…
(KTRS) – Lambert-St. Louis International Airport could soon have a new name…St. Louis-Lambert International Airport. The airport commission initially pushed to rename the facility St. Louis International Airport at Lambert Field, but opponents said they did not want the Lambert name at the end. The change still needs support from two more bodies before it…
(KTRS) – Missouri Auditor Nicole Galloway says there are still serious problems in the Wellston municipal court. The recent audit discovered the court collected a $2 fee on all cases with the promise to donate that money to domestic violence shelters. Galloway says there is no evidence that the money was spent on shelter operations.…
(KTRS) – Chesterfield Mall is open this Wednesday afternoon, but the Dillard’s store is closed. Authorities say that there is some flooding in the store after a water main break. No word on when the rupture might be fixed and the store will reopen.
(KTRS) – Online voters named the St. Louis Zoo the top free attraction in the nation. The Zoo won out over 19 other attractions, including Central Park in New York City and the Golden Gate Bridge. St. Louis Zoo welcomes around 3.2 million visitors a year and has been free since opening in 1920.
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A suburban St. Louis school district has agreed to pay $75,000 to settle a federal lawsuit alleging that it failed to protect a high school student from “severe, pervasive and persistent” harassment. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that a judge granted a motion last month to dismiss the case against the…
(KTRS) – The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is partnering with the University of Missouri in Columbia to train NGA employees. The five-year, $12 million grant will be used for education and training needs identified by the NGA. Work is expected to begin on the NGA’s new headquarters in north St. Louis by the middle of next…