Sinquefield steps up donations in June
Missouri still has no limits on contributions to political candidate
Kelvin Adams signs extension with Saint Louis Public Schools
(KTRS) – Dr. Kelvin Adams will remain as the superintendent of St. Louis Public Schools through the end of the 2019 school year. The 3-year extension will keep Adams’ salary at $225,000 a year–the Post-Dispatch reports that is the same salary he had when he started in 2008. Adams will now get a car allowance of…
Bygones be bygones? St. Louis suburb weighs Kroenke project
MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. (AP) — Stan Kroenke couldn’t wait to get his NFL team out of St. Louis six months ago, in part because of what his team’s relocation application deemed to be a “struggling economy.” But now the billionaire is an investor in a proposed large-scale development along the Missouri River in St. Louis…
Full schedule for LouFest 2016
(KTRS) – In September, 30 national music acts will be in Forest Park for LouFest. Festival organizers released the full weekend schedule today. Chris Stapleton will headline Saturday, September 10 and Ms. Lauryn Hill and LCD Soundsystem will both perform Sunday. Doors open at 11 a.m. each day. DAILY SCHEDULE: Saturday, September 10 Bud Light…
Creve Coeur approves outdoor smoking ban
City officials say they’ve received a mostly favorable response from the public on the ban
Stenger wants money to study MetroLink expansion options
(KTRS) – St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger wants $3 million to study three proposed MetroLink expansion routes. Stenger’s office said they plan to examine three routes–none of which is north-south proposal supported by Mayor Francis Slay. The three routes to be studied would create expansions in one of the following areas: north county, south…
City begins Ash Tree removal in St. Louis
( KTRS ) The City of St. Louis has begun removing thousands of trees affected, or at risk, from the Emerald Ash Borer Beatle. The shiny green bug is responsible for destroying hundreds of thousands of Ash trees and recently has been discovered in the City of St. Louis. The City’s Forestry Division has been…
Police search for robbery suspect who was wearing stormtrooper hoodie
(KTRS) – St. Louis Police are asking for help to find the suspects connected to the robbery of a Church’s Chicken last week. Police say both suspects are African-American men in their early 20’s. One man was wearing a Star Wars stormtrooper hooded jacked and the other was wearing a yellow-hooded jacked. The men stole money…
Man who murdered Drury Inn manager gets life in prison, plus 40 years
Bowens was found guilty in April of killing Scott Knopfel
Kirkwood man missing since June 16
He has a history of depression and did not take his diabetes medicine with him