Store clerk accused of sending explicit photos to customers
( KTRS ) A clerk at a St. Louis Walmart optical store is facing charges for allegedly sending explicit photos of himself to female customers. Court records allege 20 yr Elver Sivac told police he used store records to learn the phone numbers of women and texted photos to six of them. He is charged…
Illinois police departments use website to get body cameras
PALMYRA, Ill. (AP) – At least 10 law enforcement agencies in Illinois have turned to the Internet to raise enough money to purchase body cameras for officers. As of Friday, departments in Palmyra, Benld, South Pekin, East St. Louis and six other municipalities in the state had signed up for free on the website BodyCameraDonations.com…
Madigan demands Peabody prove it has coal mine-closure money
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has demanded that a financially shaky Peabody Energy prove it has the $92 million necessary to restore Illinois mining land if it shuts down. Madigan sent a letter Monday to the St. Louis-based coal company seeking details on the bond amount available for its southern Illinois…
Authorities investigating mysterious haze blanketing the area.
( KTRS ) Fire departments all around St. Louis are trying to find the source of the haze that has blanketed the area. The smoky haze has residents from South St. Louis to Jefferson County, and central St. Louis County calling area fire departments. In addition, authorities in Columbia and Valmeyer, IL. are also searching…
Former faculty say University of Missouri has difficulty retaining black faculty
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Black faculty members at the University of Missouri say the school needs to reconsider retention tactics if it hopes to recruit and keep faculty of color. The Columbia Missourian reports that last fall, student activist group Concerned Student 1950 demanded an increase in black faculty and staff at the university to…
Latest from President Obama’s trip to Havana
HAVANA (AP) – President Obama says he believes the Cuban trade embargo is going to end, and while he can’t predict when that will be, he believes it will happen at some point because the embargo has not served the interest of the U.S. or the Cuban people. Obama says the U.S. has exercised as much…
Senator McCaskill starts tour to discuss student loan crisis
(KTRS) – Senator Claire McCaskill is heading on the road in an effort to find ways to make college more affordable. Senator McCaskill started her College Affordability Tour at Metro High School Monday. The senator is calling college and student debt a crisis. According to one study Missouri students graduate college with more than $20,000…
Water surcharge could disappear with population decline
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – St. Louis County’s population isn’t quite 1 million, and that is having ramifications on the company that provides water to the region. U.S. Census figures from 2010 show the county’s population at 998,954. An appeals court panel in Kansas City recently ruled that since the population isn’t 1 million, Missouri-American Water…