ST. LOUIS (AP) – Crowds lined the streets of downtown St. Louis for the 37th annual Pridefest parade. Mayor Francis Slay on Sunday walked in the lead of the parade, which also included the police chief, the fire chief, about 170 floats, drag queens and a marching band that played the Budweiser theme. Slay, who…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis police have arrested two men for reportedly throwing eggs and shouting racial slurs at a woman waiting for a bus. St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson says two men in a white minivan were reported shouting slurs and throwing eggs at an African-American woman as she waited for a…
PERRYVILLE, Mo. (AP) — A rural Missouri county along the Mississippi River is gearing up for visitors who will arrive next August in search of the best viewing of what some are calling the Great American Eclipse. The Aug. 21, 2017, event will be the first total solar eclipse to be seen from the mainland…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gov. Jay Nixon this past week signed legislation to give Missouri teachers support in working with traumatized children. The new law calls for the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to give intensive training to five schools in what’s called the trauma-informed approach. The idea is based on research on…
Sussette is considered missing and endangered
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois women who rely on state services are among those most affected by the nearly year-long state budget impasse. The Chicago Tribune reports that nonprofit organizations that deliver state-subsidized help to struggling mothers and their children, as well as victims of sexual assault and domestic violence, have been frozen out of the…
Kenny Wallace joined Martin and Randi to discuss the brutal attack on his brother this past weekend.
(KTRS) – National Democrats are coming to St. Louis this weekend to finalize the party platform before next month’s convention in Philadelphia. The meeting takes place today and tomorrow and is open to the public. Hillary Clinton is the presumptive nominee but Bernie Sanders supporters have said they hope to influence the party’s platform. The…
Belleville, MO (KTRS) A man is dead after being shot by police in Belleville. Investigators say Belleville police were called at just before 10 p.m. Thursday to an apartment complex in the West Pheasantwood Court subdivision for a report of an intoxicated man with a firearm causing a disturbance. Upon arrival, the man was standing…
CHICAGO (AP) – A struggling Illinois health insurance co-op is suing the federal government, claiming it’s being shortchanged of $72.8 million in promised payments under the Affordable Care Act. Chicago-based Land of Lincoln Health filed the lawsuit Thursday in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C. At least four other insurers previously filed…