JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Associated Press asked Missouri’s gubernatorial candidates about education funding in advance of the Nov. 8 election. Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster says he’ll fully fund the state’s foundation formula “as quickly as possible.” Republican former Navy SEAL officer Eric Greitens says the focus should be on results in the classroom,…
(KTRS) – Problems at another fraternity on the University of Missouri-Columbia campus. The Post-Dispatch reports that the Kappa Alpha chapter was suspended for a hazing incident. The university is releasing very few details about the incident, other than to say it happened last week. The fraternity’s suspension means they cannot participate in homecoming events this month.
Roberts, who hasn’t been arrested or charged, says everything that happened that night was “absolutely consensual.”
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois state Treasurer Michael Frerichs says Wells Fargo will lose millions of dollars in fees after the state suspended $30 billion in investment activity with the troubled bank Monday. Frerichs said at a news conference in Chicago that Illinois will stop using Wells Fargo as a broker-dealer to purchase investments because…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) One person is dead and another is injured following a late night shooting in north St. Louis. Police say the shooting happened at around 11 p.m. Sunday in the 2600 block of Natural Bridge. One of the victims died at the scene and the other suffered non-life threatening injuries. The name…
Springfield, MO (KTRS) Outdoor gear giants Bass Pro and Cabela’s will soon be merging. The companies announced on Monday that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Bass Pro Shops will acquire Cabela’s for $65.50 per share in cash, representing an aggregate transaction value of approximately $5.5 billion. In addition, upon closing Bass…
CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) – Southern Illinois University’s Carbondale campus officials are working to drop levels at the school’s popular Campus Lake to combat toxic algae issues, which has forced the lake’s closure for the past three summers. The (Carbondale) Southern Illinoisan reports that university officials in July announced the effort to drop lake levels to…
