(KTRS/AP) – Kevin McDonald is the first-ever chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer for the University of Missouri. The University created the officer to help the four-campus system recover from racial protests at Columbia last year. McDonald previously served as the vice president and associate provost for diversity and inclusion at the Rochester Institution of…
Jefferson City, MO (KTRS)  Missouri must reveal the source of the drug it uses to execute prisoners. That’s according to a ruling this week by  Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem. This stemmed from a lawsuit filed by media organizations, including the St. Louis Post Dispatch and the Associated Press, seeking to uncover more information about…
St. Louis, MO Â (KTRS) Â Homicide detectives are investigating following the discovery of three bodies in north St. Louis on Wednesday morning. Police were called to the 4800 block of Anderson at just before 7:30 a.m. after a man was found shot to death. Â About twenties minutes later, two more bodies were discovered near Enright…
St. Louis, MO Â (KTRS) Â A new study suggests that a community’s affluence plays a role in determining a person’s municipal court experience. Saint Louis University conducted an exit poll of 753 people leaving courts in thirteen St. Louis County municipalities. The poll found that both black and white residents had a far better experience in…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A former Missouri lawmaker who is the father U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt and grandfather of former Gov. Matt Blunt has died. Roy Blunt said his father Leroy Blunt died Monday at the Marshfield Care Center in southwestern Missouri. His son says he died at age 94 from the effects of…
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) – Police in Illinois and Missouri have identified the woman whose dismembered body was found at an Interstate 70 rest stop more than a decade ago. The Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis on Tuesday identified the victim as Deanna D. Howland of Alton, Illinois. A highway maintenance worker found Howland’s…
