ST. LOUIS (AP) — Harris-Stowe State University in St. Louis closed for several hours Tuesday after the historically Black school received a bomb threat. The university said in a news release that the campus reopened Tuesday afternoon after an investigation by St. Louis police and the FBI. A search of the campus turned up nothing…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois governor’s election-year plan to offer consumers some tax relief from some of the biggest pains in the pocketbook. Gov. J.B. Pritzker plans to offer inflation relief in his budget proposal scheduled for Wednesday, although he won’t address a joint session of the General Assembly. House and Senate leaders canceled…
From the National Weather Service: …WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGHTHURSDAY EVENING FOR THE ENTIRE ST. LOUIS AREA… WHAT…Heavy mixed precipitation possible. Total snowaccumulations between 6 and 9 inches and sleet accumulationsaround one quarter of an inch. Ice accumulations up to one-quarterof an inch are possible in southeast Missouri and southwestIllinois. WHERE…Portions…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Hospitals across Missouri are asking staff members and administrators to take on additional duties to help deal with the current surge in COVID-19 patients. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that hospital employees are being asked to pick up shifts helping nurses by doing things like grabbing supplies or answering phones, or…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Three men died and a fourth man was hospitalized after a shooting Saturday afternoon in a north St. Louis neighborhood. Police said the shooting was reported around 4 p.m. Saturday in the Kingway East neighborhood. Officers found three men in their 20s who had been shot. St. Louis police Chief John…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — State parks in Missouri are proving to be more popular than ever, with record numbers of visitors. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 22.5 million people visited Missouri state parks in 2021, a nearly 7% increase from 2020 and an all-time high for the state’s 92 parks and historic sites.…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police are searching for a suspect after a woman was found stabbed to death on the front porch of a St. Louis day care facility. Police say officers were called to the Greater Ville neighborhood around 7:20 p.m. Thursday and found the woman dead from puncture wounds. Police have not released…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Authorities have identified the man killed in an exchange of gunfire with St. Louis officers that left two of them wounded, one critically. Police said Thursday that the man killed was 23-year-old Equan Hopson. Meanwhile, charges were filed against two other men who were in an SUV with the suspect before…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden have added a cat to their pet family. The cat’s name is Willow, and she’s a 2-year-old, green-eyed, gray and white feline from Pennsylvania. A spokesperson for the first lady says Willow is settling into the White House with her favorite treats, toys and…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Authorities say two St. Louis officers were hospitalized after being shot in neighboring Ferguson and a man who fired at them has died after being shot by police. Police Chief John Hayden says the two officers, both in their 20s, were in a marked squad car together around 1 p.m. Wednesday…