JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Hundreds of opponents are rallying at the Missouri Capitol against a bill some say could harm unions. Union members came to Jefferson City on Wednesday to fight a bill to require public employees to give annual written consent before union dues could be withheld from their paychecks. Republican supporters describe…
(KTRS) – Police say they will not seek charges against the woman who hit and killed a Patriot Guard member who was riding in a funeral procession. The accident happened on Monday afternoon in south county. The woman told police that she was stopped at a green light while waiting for the funeral procession to…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) An emergency alert was issued briefly Wednesday morning on the campus of Washington University. University officials say the alert issued at 9:36 a.m. was done so as an extra precaution after a report of an incident involving gunfire in the vicinity of the university’s North Campus. The Washington University and St.…
Chicago, IL (KTRS) Prosecutors won’t retry former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich on the five counts tossed by a federal appeals court and have requested a resentencing date. Federal prosecutors made the filing on Wednesday. This comes two days after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Blagojevich’s appeal of his remaining corruption convictions. Those convictions…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Classes are canceled today at Horace Mann Elementary School to allow students and staff to attend the funeral of a murdered third grade teacher. Police say Jocelyn Peters was found shot to death in her Central West End apartment last week. The 30-year-old teacher was 7 months pregnant. So far there…
( KTRS ) The Missouri Legislature has passed the first bill in a package of legislation aimed at tightening ethics laws for lawmakers. The Senate voted 32-0 Tuesday to ban lawmakers and statewide elected officials from working as paid political consultants while they are in office. The legislation would prohibit office holders from getting paid…
