JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt is filling his schedule with events around Missouri this week rather than attending the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Blunt planned a Joplin event Monday to highlight his efforts to fund year-round federal grants for college students. On Tuesday, he is to be in Kansas City…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A judge has granted a request to move Reginald Clemons to the St. Louis city jail while he awaits retrial on charges of raping and killing two sisters on the Chain of Rocks Bridge in 1991. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that St. Louis Circuit Judge Rex Burlison approved the move…
Baton Rouge, LA (KTRS) The man accused of the deadly ambush on police in Baton Rouge had ties to Missouri. He has been identified as Gavin Eugene Long, whose last known address was in Kansas City. Three police officers were killed and three others wounded in the attack. Long was killed by law enforcement. Meanwhile,…
Ballwin, MO (KTRS) The community continues to reach out to a Ballwin Police officer who was shot in the line of duty. Dozens of restaurants are participating in the Ballwin Dine Out on Monday to raise money for Officer Mike Flamion and his family. Organizers hope to raise $20,000 with the event. A portion of…
( KTRS ) Temperatures nearing the 100-degree mark are forecast for Missouri and Kansas. The National Weather Service issued heat advisories Sunday for several counties, expected to have highs in the mid- to upper 90s, with heat index’s reaching 105 degrees in regions from St. Louis and Kansas City in Missouri, to Topeka in Kansas.…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The quadrennial celebration of the Grand Old Party in Cleveland this week will be missing some key members from Illinois. Top Republicans from the Land of Lincoln are taking a pass on the Republican National Convention where delegates are expected to nominate contentious real estate developer Donald Trump. Only U.S. Sen. Mark…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A small Missouri community steeped in Civil War history and small-town charm hopes a gun-making plant can boost its economy after a decade of manufacturing job losses. CMMG is seeking a $200,000 forgivable loan from Boonville so it can move its operations from rural Fayette, half an hour to the…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A 15-year-old is charged as an adult and jailed on $1 million cash bond after being accused of fatally shooting a man in St. Louis during a would-be sale arranged on Facebook. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/2a4P6r2 ) reports Isreal Leggette of Northwoods is charged with second-degree murder, robbery, child endangerment…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a woman who wanted to keep her son in a St. Louis charter school after she moved. La’Shieka White sued the Voluntary Interdistrict Choice Corporation in May claiming her son was unable to keep attending the Gateway Science Academy because of his…
