ST. LOUIS (AP) – Missouri’s 12 community college systems are working together to train students for jobs offered by the state’s businesses. Leaders from the colleges signed an agreement Thursday to officially begin the Missouri Community College Workforce Development Network. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the program will help in cases where a Missouri company…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s House budget leader says lawmakers might not have changed corporate tax law if they’d known what it would actually cost. Republican House Budget Committee Chairman Scott Fitzpatrick told The Associated Press that lawmakers had poor information when the 2015 bill came up for a vote. The measure was estimated…
( KTRS ) Authorities are investigating a shooting that took place on the Stan Musial Bridge. Police report that the victims were driving from Illinois into St. Louis around 7 am Sunday morning when several suspects in a different vehicle began shooting at them. The victims were able to flee and exited their vehicle in…
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) – A convenience store is disputing a new documentary’s claims that surveillance video suggests Michael Brown didn’t rob the store before he was fatally shot by police in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014. Filmmaker Jason Pollock tells The New York Times he believes the previously unreleased footage shows Brown trading a small amount…
Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) – Legislation aimed at stopping out-of-state plaintiffs from bringing lawsuits to the state is now before the Senate. The Missouri House passed legislation on Thursday by a vote of 100-54. Lawmakers disagree about what the bill would do. Generally, it would limit plaintiffs’ ability to combine lawsuits and require plaintiffs to individually establish…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) One man is dead and another is hospitalized following a shooting in the Central West End. Police say the victims were gunned down early Thursday night at the intersection of Goodfellow and Delmar. There’s no word on the condition of the surviving victim. There’s also no word on a motive or…
