CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) – Reports of racial epithets by some Southern Illinois University students at Carbondale campus residence hall forums have prompted an investigation by school officials. University spokeswoman Rae Goldsmith tells The (Carbondale) Southern Illinoisan (bit.ly/25SJrrR ) the inquiry was launched in response to a formal complaint. Freshman Leilani Bartlett, who’s black, alleges in…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Lawmakers are advancing legislation to make Missouri one of the first states to adopt policies allowing for daily fantasy sports. The National Conference of State Legislatures says neighboring Kansas is one of three states to legalize daily fantasy sports through statute. A bill passed by the Missouri House last week…
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A new mammogram van is scheduled to visit various Missouri counties this year to give breast cancer screenings. The Columbia Missourian reports that the goal of the University of Missouri’s Ellis Fischel Cancer Center’s van is to bring quality screenings to women throughout the state. A nurse, a mammography technologist and…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — University of Missouri graduate student workers are planning a vote on whether to unionize. The Forum on Graduate Rights on Friday announced a vote will take place over two days beginning April 18 at the Columbia campus. Graduate student workers with photo identification can vote. Students rallied after university officials in…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The University of Missouri’s nursing school has received gifts totaling $3 million to go toward construction of a new building. University leaders announced Friday that Michael and Millie Brown of Leawood, Kansas, pledged $2 million. Richard Miller of Pittsburg, Kansas, also pledged $1 million. The money will go toward the estimated…
(KTRS) – The man accused of killing a manager at a south St. Louis Drury Inn, has been found guilty of his murder. Joseph Bowens shot and killed manager Scott Knopfel during a robbery in January 2015. Bowens was arrested in Poplar Bluff with a couple of weeks for an unrelated incident.
(KTRS) – Planned Parenthood officials in Missouri say they will fight the state Legislature’s decision to stop funding the organization. The Post-Dispatch reports that CEO Mary Kogut is preparing for a court fight if lawmakers continue with their plans. Kogut also said that doors to clinics will remain open. More than a dozen states have already…
(KTRS) – Franklin County authorities are being credited with using a taser to subdue a woman they say was pointing a gun at officers. Deputies say that a woman barricaded herself in a home in Villa Ridge. When the sheriff’s department entered the home, they found the woman pointing a gun toward them. An officer…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Mayor Francis Slay won’t seek another term. The mayor made that announcement during aFriday morning news conference. “This is not a goodbye. I’m going to mayor for another year. I will have a full and likely controversial agenda to pursue and complete. My health is fine. I told my family last night.…