ST. LOUIS (AP) – Missouri education officials have announced that they will not recommend that the Riverview Gardens School District gain accreditation. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that officials made the announcement Tuesday. The state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education gave the district specific performance targets in January that, if fully met, would have…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has signed two bills aimed at expanding patient access to either cheaper biologic drugs or more expensive prescriptions. Nixon signed the legislation Wednesday. One bill includes new rules for step therapy, which is the practice of beginning treatments with cheaper drugs before moving patients to more expensive…
(KTRS) – The Franklin County Sheriff’s Department is leading the search for a missing 5-year-old girl. Authorities say Bella was last seen around 2pm (Wednesday) at her home near the Villa Ridge/Gray Summit area. Bella is about 3’ tall and weighs 40 pounds. She was wearing a black T-shirt with a dinosaur logo and blue…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has appointed three members to the University of Missouri’s Board of Curators. Nixon said Wednesday the newly filled nine-member board now can select a new president after student protests led to the former president’s ouster last year. The announcement comes weeks after lawmakers adjourned. Senate President…
Lisa West was not arrested for the crime until 2013
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A St. Louis developer is moving ahead with plans for a residential housing project in an area of the $1.75 billion National Geospatial Intelligence Agency site in north St. Louis. Paul McKee announced that he has partnered with CRG Real Estate Solutions, along with a Washington D.C.- based developer, for a…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The FBI is offering a $70,000 reward for information leading to the recovery of what might be the second-biggest cash haul of any St. Louis robbery. The reward is in connection with the April 4 holdup of a Dunbar Armored Car Co. truck and expires in 30 days. Officials have not…
( KTRS ) As Illinois draws close to entering its second year without a budget, one of its many unpaid bills could cause trouble with the nation’s top crime-fighting force. Documents show that the state owes $3 million to the FBI for processing fingerprints and conducting background checks. The debt is now so long overdue…
( KTRS ) Those who wish to keep guns off of College campuses, may have more ammo for their argument, after a man on the University of Missouri Columbia campus accidentally shot himself in the leg. University police report that officers responded Tuesday afternoon to a loading dock near a dining hall and found Michael…
