Wentzville, MO (KTRS) A debate is heating up over the long time mascot at Holt High School in the Wentzville School District. A student has started a petition calling for the removal of the school’s Indian mascot, claiming that it’s offensive to native Americans. This prompted a counter petition to keep the mascot. Those in…
Sauget, IL (KTRS) Firefighters have been busy battling a major mulch fire in the metro-east. A massive pile of mulch at the Oldcastle Lawn and Garden on Queeny Avenue in Sauget caught fire late Monday morning. Firefighters from multiple department worked into the evening to bring this fire under control. Fire crews are expected to…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The annual Labor Day Parade will be held in downtown St. Louis. The parade is scheduled to step off at Olive and 13th at 9 a.m. Monday. It will make its way down Tucker Street, past St. Louis City Hall and west on Market Street to 15th Street. Thousands of members…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A suspect is facing charges in connection with the shooting of two St. Louis police officers in an attack that also left a 24-year-old woman in critical condition. Twenty-four-year-old Devonte Morgan was charged Saturday with three counts of first-degree assault and several related charges in Friday’s shooting. Police said a second…
The Latest: Officials monitoring controlled burn at Arkema HOUSTON (AP) — A man living near a Houston-area chemical plant where a controlled burn is taking place told the Houston Chronicle he heard two booms and saw thick black smoke Sunday after authorities started a controlled burn. The Harris County Fire Marshal’s Office said in a…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois schools will be required to teach financial literacy skills such as balancing a checkbook and putting money into a savings account this school year. The Illinois State Board of Education adopted revised social science standards in 2015, according to The Springfield Journal-Register . Those standards were approved in February 2016…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Some Democrats say they want to reverse changes in a new Missouri whistleblower law that excludes state employees and public college and university workers from protections against being fired for speaking out against misconduct. Supporters of the law say their goal was to allow safeguards already outlined in court rulings…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Two men are dead in separate shootings in north St. Louis. Police say a man was shot to death at just before 10:30 p.m. Friday near North Grand and Montgomery. The victim’s name hasn’t been released. Then at just after 7 a.m. Saturday, a 25-year-old man was fatally shot near Semple…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Two men are facing charges in connection with a police-involved shooting in north St. Louis. Twenty-six-Year-old Wendell Davis has been charged with gun theft, unlawful use of a weapon, unlawful possession of a gun, resisting arrest and tampering with a motor vehicle. Twenty-nine-year-old Joshua Polk is charged with resisting arrest and…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Two police officers remain hospitalized in stable condition after being shot in north St. Louis. Both officers — a 35-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman — are being treated at a hospital for gunshot wounds to their legs and hands, and facial wounds caused by shrapnel. Two suspects were taken into…