( 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…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A University of Missouri assistant communications professor fired for her conduct during student protests late last year has a new job with a university in Washington state. The Kansas City Star reports that Melissa Click has been hired as a lecturer at Gonzaga University in Spokane. Click was fired in February…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri woman who has lived with a hypodermic needle lodged in her back for nearly seven years has been awarded a $507,000 judgment in a medical malpractice lawsuit. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that a St. Louis County jury last week sided with Claudia Ball after a four-day trial. In…
Illinois State Police have been called into investigate a homicide in Washington Park. Police say the incident took place Sunday night around 9:30pm near the intersection of 47th Street and Hallows Avenue. Upon arrival, officers found a vehicle that had run off the road and crashed. The driver, identified as 24 yr old Anthony Pannell…
( KTRS ) Well known, and often outspoken, Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly has passed away at the age of 92. Schlafly gained national fame in 1964 with her self-published book, “A Choice Not an Echo,” that became a manifesto for the far right. It chronicled the history of the Republican National Convention and sold three million…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A judge has ordered a special election for a Missouri House seat because of problems with absentee ballots. St. Louis Circuit Judge Rex Burlison on Friday set a Sept. 16 election date for a House seat out of St. Louis. The election will pit incumbent Democratic state Rep. Penny Hubbard’s against…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Nearly two centuries after Missouri gained statehood as part of a compromise over slave ownership, no black candidate has ever won a statewide election there. Longtime TV news reporter and anchor Robin Smith would be the first if she’s elected secretary of state. An Associated Press analysis found Missouri is…
FESTUS, Mo. (AP) – An eastern Missouri high school student has been suspended after holding up a sign for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a pep assembly. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Festus Superintendent Link Luttrell said the discipline had nothing to do with the content of the sign, which was held up…
