CARBONDALE, IL (AP) — Enrollment is continuing a steep decline at Southern Illinois University’s Carbondale campus, with nearly 12 percent fewer students this fall semester. The drop to 12,817 students follows enrollment declines of 7.5 percent in 2016 and 9 percent in 2017. The Southern Illinoisan reports the Carbondale enrollment about half of its 1991 peak of…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis police union is requesting a restraining order to prevent the release of the names of officers whose cases prosecutors will no longer pursue. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that union sought the order Tuesday against St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s office and a police commander. A judge…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Schlafly Beer is responding to the cancellation of this year’s Lou Fest. Schlafly Beer released the following statement on Wednesday morning: We are extremely disappointed in the decision to cancel Loufest. Not only for our investment in the local music festival, but all of our additional local restaurants, makers and artists…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Lou Fest won’t happened this year. Organizers tweeted overnight that the event has been canceled due to financial concerns. “We are saddened to announce that LouFest 2018 is canceled”. The event in Forest Park was scheduled for this weekend.
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A north county woman is accused of starving her 2-month-old son. Twenty-four-year-old-year-old Makayla Hill of Bridgeton is charged with felony child abuse or neglect resulting in death. She is jailed on $150,000 cash-only bond. Bridgeton police were called by Hill to a hotel Sunday afternoon. Her son, Samuel Williamson Jr., was…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Governor Mike Parson is expressing concern over the so-called police exclusion list issued by St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner. Parson said this also impacts victims of crime, “You also have victims out there and are you taking away their rights as victims on whether you’re going to prosecute.” Parson said.…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Governor Mike Parson says the upcoming special session is crucial to the future of the state of Missouri. Parson is traveled the state on Tuesday to speak on the issues of STEM education and expanding drug treatment courts, which will be the focus of the special session. He made a stop…
KANSAS CITY, MO (AP) — An Indiana woman whose husband and three children drowned when a duck boat sank in a Missouri lake has filed a federal lawsuit requesting an end to the manufacture and operation of the amphibious vehicles in the U.S. and elsewhere until they are redesigned for safety. Tia Coleman, of Indianapolis,…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson says the two issues that will be taken up in special session next week are crucially important to Missouri’s future. The Republican governor traveled to Springfield, St. Louis and Hannibal Tuesday in preparation for next week’s special session to consider bills he vetoed on science education…
CHICAGO, IL (AP) — More than two dozen libraries across Illinois will receive grants to teach middle and high school students how to use the latest technology. Secretary of State Jesse White, who also serves as the state librarian, announced the some $525,000 in Project Next Generation grants. The program provides funding for libraries to…