( KTRS ) The City of Ferguson is hosting a town hall meeting this evening to discuss the growing drug epidemic in the St. Louis area. Figures taken between 2012-2014 show there were 516 drug related deaths in St. Louis County and 287 in St. Louis City. The meeting will start Wednesday at 7pm inside the…
Authorities have ID’ the body of a man discovered in a burning car in Riverview Tuesday morning. Police say the man is 29-year-old Darren Seals, also known as King D Seals. Fox 2 news reports that for the last two years Seals had taken an active role in the Ferguson protests and had a following…
CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) – Southern Illinois University officials say fall enrollment is down 7.5 percent from the same period a year ago. Interim Chancellor Brad Colwell says 15,987 have enrolled this fall, compared to 17,292 last year. University officials said Tuesday they aren’t surprised by the drop in enrollment. University officials say the loss of…
Chesterfield, MO (KTRS) Donald Trump’s running mate hit the campaign trail in the Show-Me-State on Tuesday. Indiana Governor Mike Pence attended a town hall in Springfield before speaking at a rally at the Doubletree Hotel in Chesterfield. There he spoke to hundreds of supporters, including state G-O-P candidates. Pence’s speech centered around national security, foreign policy,…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The National Rifle Association is backing Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster for Missouri governor. The NRA’s political action committee on Tuesday announced it endorsed Koster over his GOP opponent Eric Greitens. Greitens is a former Navy SEAL officer and former Democrat. He shot a large gun and caused an explosion…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is appointing two new members to the St. Louis City Board of Election Commissioners after a judge ruled the board didn’t follow state law. Nixon’s Tuesday appointments came days after St. Louis Circuit Judge Rex Burlison called for another election for a St. Louis-area state House seat…
Chesterfield, MO (KTRS) Donald Trump’s running mate will visit the Show-Me-State today. Indiana Governor Mike Pence is scheduled to make two campaign stops in Missouri. The first will be at a town hall in Springfield at 10:30 a.m. This will be followed by a rally at the Doubletree Hotel in Chesterfield at 1:30 p.m.
A measure to raise the age to buy tobacco products in St. Louis County is one step closer to becoming a reality. A final passage on a bill to raise the age from 18 to 21 to purchase tobacco products is expected at Tuesday night’s St. Louis County Council meeting. Last week the council gave…
( KTRS ) Authorities have identified the teenager who died after walking into the path of a tractor-trailer on I-70 near St. Louis. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says Ethan Brumbeloe of O’Fallon, MO. was hit Sunday evening while on a westbound lane of the freeway in St. Charles County. It’s not immediately clear why…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A recent state audit says Missouri is making in-state and out-of-state students bear more of the costs at public universities and colleges, prompting Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon to respond that the state is a national leader in college affordability. Nixon touted Missouri’s lowest-in-the-nation in-state undergraduate tuition increases since 2008. He…