ST. LOUIS (AP) — After successfully defending its weapons ban in court, the St. Louis Zoo is now trying to force the gun rights activist who challenged the ban to pay part of its $150,000 in legal bills. The zoo filed a request for its request for legal fees in August, but a judge has…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Federal officials say Spire’s natural gas pipeline in the St. Louis area may continue operating for the time being. Leaders of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Friday said the Spire STL Pipeline could operate until a long-term decision is made about its future. Spire officials had warned earlier that thousands…
Two 16-year-old Pacific boys have been charged in the shooting death of a Eureka High School student. Authorities announced Friday the juveniles were charged with second-degree murder in the death of 18-year-old Kiley Kennedy. Her body was found early Wednesday near Pacific. The suspects’ names are not being released because they are juveniles. Lt. Tom…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Just before Missouri Gov. Mike Parson condemned a St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter for exposing a state database flaw, records show the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education was preparing to thank him for finding the glitch. The reporter discovered a flaw on a DESE website that left more than…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) — A St. Louis County police detective and another man are dead after a head-on collision yesterday afternoon in North St. Louis County. Detective Antonio Valentine, 42, died from his injuries in the wreck which occurred around 2:10 p.m. near the intersection of Chambers Road and Crete Drive. County police say Valentine…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A federal elections watchdog group has filed another complaint against former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens. The Campaign Legal Center alleges in its complaint filed Wednesday that the Republican U.S. Senate candidate broke a state campaign finance disclosure law. At issue is $100,000 that it says Greitens’ state campaign committee illegally spent…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former Southwest Airlines employee is being sentenced to six months in prison after pleading guilty to possessing stolen guns. Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that Mark Hunter of St. Louis admitted to the thefts. After a passenger traveling through the St. Louis airport reported a pistol being stolen from his luggage,…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A federal judge has blocked President Joe Biden’s administration from enforcing a coronavirus vaccine mandate on health care workers in 10 states that had brought the first legal challenge against the requirement. The preliminary injunction issued Monday applies to Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis man is being hailed as a hero after he caught a 3-year-old girl tossed by her mother from the second-floor window of a burning home. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the fire broke out about 9:30 a.m. Monday in an apartment building in north St. Louis. Authorities…
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — The Lee Enterprises newspaper chain, the parent company of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, has adopted a “poison-pill” plan to protect itself from a hostile takeover while it considers an unsolicited offer from hedge fund Alden Global Capital to buy Lee for $24 a share. The plan would take effect if Alden…