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…
( KTRS ) Candidate filing to run for Congress, the state Legislature and statewide offices in Missouri has ended. The secretary of state’s office reports almost 500 candidates filed to run for various offices this year. More Republicans are running than Democrats, with 255 GOP candidates and 197 Democratic hopefuls. St. Louis businessman John Brunner, former…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri Senate panel has begun making changes to the House’s version of the state budget, but many of the most contentious issues remain unresolved. The Senate’s budget writers Tuesday left open questions about how to fund soaring Medicaid costs and higher education. Gov. Jay Nixon has said a 6…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Police say a man was fatally shot as he was polishing the wheels of his vehicle in the St. Louis neighborhood of Baden. St. Louis Police Lt. John Green said that two men got out of a car and opened fire on the man as he was working on his car…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Senate budget writers have agreed to boost Missouri’s higher education spending, but the panel still is deliberating over budget cuts targeting the University of Missouri. Senate Appropriations Chairman Kurt Schaefer said Tuesday that providing a $55 million increase in core funding for colleges and universities would ensure students don’t pay…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Republican Missouri lawmakers are pushing measures opponents say will ban abortions, as well as fetal-tissue donation from those procedures. A House committee heard testimony Tuesday on the proposals but didn’t vote. Rep. Mike Moon’s proposal would ask voters to decide whether to add “unborn human children at every stage of…
(KTRS) – Governor Jay Nixon is celebrating the decision of an animal health company to expand operations in Missouri. The Governor announced that Virbac, a leading developer, manufacturer, and distributor of animal health products will hire 144 people for high-paying jobs in Bridgeton. Nixon said Missouri’s highly-educated workforce helped Virbac make the decision.
(KTRS/AP) – Police in Wentzville say a man found dead after a house fire may have had self-inflicted wounds. The Major Case Squad was called in to help investigate the death of 26-year-old Ruben Martinez. His body was found around 1:30 a.m. on Easter Sunday. Now the Major Case Squad is off the case after…
