St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police are investigating after a woman’s body was found outside of a north St. Louis warehouse. Police say a worker discovered the victim in a loading dock area of the warehouse on St. Louis Avenue near Goodfellow at just before 8:30 a.m. Police are calling the woman’s death suspicious. There’s no…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A House hearing about social media censorship was briefly interrupted as a protester stood up and yelled at Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. Republican Missouri Rep. Billy Long drowned her out using his auctioneering skills. A woman stood up and started loudly yelling at Dorsey, complaining about bias and publicly pleading for President…
JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is limiting lawmakers’ focus during an upcoming special session to drug treatment courts, appointments and education. Parson in a proclamation released Wednesday directed lawmakers to pass legislation to reform and expand treatment courts. The special session begins Monday. Parson’s directive comes after he vetoed a wide-ranging…
COLUMBIA, MO (AP) — Boone Hospital Center and BJC Healthcare will end their current lease agreement when it expires at the end of 2020. The mutual decision means the Columbia hospital will continue its search for a new manager. BJC Healthcare has managed the county-owned hospital for 30 years. The Columbia Missourian reports trustees said Tuesday the…
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.…