Budweiser Seeks To Change It Label For Summer
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Budweiser is seeking to change its label for the summer. According to Ad Age, Anheuser-Busch InBev is awaiting federal approval to change its current label to a more patriotic theme over the summer months. The label would swap Budweiser with the word America. It would also include patriotic phrases. Budweiser has…
St. Charles Co. May Cancel Sales Tax Holiday Weekend
St. Charles County, MO (KTRS) St. Charles County leaders are considering opting out of the annual sales tax holiday weekend this summer in efforts to combat the area’s heroin epidemic. A bill was introduced at the St. Charles County Council meeting Monday night to use the extra revenue to hire two additional narcotics detectives. Officials…
Sales tax for state parks will be on November ballot
( KTRS ) Voters in Missouri will decide this fall whether to extend a sales tax that funds state parks and conservation projects. Gov. Jay Nixon announced Monday that the ‘one-tenth of a cent’ sales tax will appear on the November ballot. The tax is written into the state constitution, but voters must reauthorize it…
Michael Brown’s mom’s book recalls death, life
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The mother of Michael Brown says she’ll never forget the day a police officer killed her son in Ferguson. Lezley McSpadden says she was taking a cigarette break from her grocery store job in Clayton, another St. Louis suburb, when a friend called to say someone had been shot near Canfield…
Suicide prevention measure headed to Missouri Senate.
( KTRS ) Missouri’s schools would have to develop suicide prevention policies under a bill moving through the Legislature. The House passed the legislation, which would require colleges and universities to give all incoming students information about mental health resources. Universities and colleges would also have to educate students on recognizing depression and suicidal behavior.…