JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Senate has tabled a sales tax proposal after a senator filibustered it by reading a book about 50 Cent. Democratic Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal on Monday read for almost an hour from “The 50th Law,” a self-help book co-authored by 50 Cent and Robert Greene that draws on anecdotes…
( KTRS ) Missouri lawmakers are advancing a measure that would limit fees to carry a concealed firearm and expand the state’s castle doctrine law. Under the bill, concealed carry applicants could not be charged additional fees beyond $100 for fingerprinting or background checks. The measure also expands the castle doctrine law, which gives people…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Senate has passed a five-year extension to a package of tax incentives for small businesses. Senators voted 27-4 Monday to pass the legislation, known as the Big Government Get Off My Back Act. The House passed a version of the bill earlier this year. Businesses with fewer than…
Florissant, MO (KTRS) Community efforts continue to combat the heroin epidemic in the St. Louis area. On Monday night, the Florissant Police Department, along with the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse hosted a Town Hall discussion on heroin and prescription painkiller abuse. Presentations were given by members of law enforcement, treatment professionals, and…
(KTRS) – The interim chancellor at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale says he may seek legal action after an anonymous video was posted online that called for the beating and lynching of black students. Brad Colwell asked students not to share the video. The threatening video follows complaints that Donald Trump supporters on campus used…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Three people are injured after gunfire rang out Sunday night at a south St. Louis park. Police Chief Sam Dotson says the incident began when two men at Carondelet Park started arguing. One of the men shot the other man before fleeing. The suspect was stopped by a park ranger, and…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Billy Busch is upping the ante to buy Grant’s Farm. Busch’s new offer for Grant’s Farm is about $1.8 million more than the $24.2 million he offered last November, and $1 more than the counter-offer made by the same four siblings who had been trying to sell Grant’s Farm to the…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – St. Louis police say three people have been shot at a city park, one by a park ranger. Police Chief Sam Dotson says the incident began Sunday evening when two men attending a barbecue at Carondelet Park started arguing. Dotson said at a news conference that one of the men, a…
Florissant, MO (KTRS) Community efforts continue to combat the heroin epidemic in the St. Louis area. The Florissant Police Department, along with the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse will host a Town Hall Discussion on the heroin epidemic and prescription painkiller misuse Monday night. The town hall will include presentations from those directly…