JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri state workers in Jefferson City are getting an extra holiday this year — Aug. 21, the day of the solar eclipse. State officials said Friday that with up to 50,000 visitors expected in Jefferson City to see the eclipse from one of the best viewing spots in the nation,…
Columbia, MO (AP) — A former University of Missouri student is suing a fraternity and its parent organization over an alleged hazing incident he says left him with near-fatal alcohol poisoning while the frat already was on probation for alcohol infractions. Brandon Zingale’s lawsuit filed Thursday in Boone County — home of the Columbia campus…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri appellate judges are changing the description of a Missouri referendum aimed at repealing right to work Missouri Western District Court of Appeals judges on Friday ruled to switch back to the original summary approved by Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s office. A summary is meant to help voters understand…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) Once again, the city of St. Louis has an air pollution monitoring program and soon, two inspectors will patrol construction projects across the city. The law is the result of a yearlong effort by 20th Ward Alderwoman Cara Spencer. It gained added momentum when hazardous materials were released into the air from a…
FLORISSANT, MO (KTRS) St. Louis County police say a man who fled police after an officer tried to pull him over was later involved in a fatal accident in Florissant. No names have yet been released. County police say it began about noon Friday when police spotted a car they considered suspicious in Florissant. An officer…
University City, MO (KTRS) An elderly man is dead following a house fire in University City. Firefighters were called to the burning home on Plymouth Avenue near Pennsylvania at just before 7 p.m. Thursday. After arriving, firefighters found the 82-year-old victim unresponsive. He was taken to an area hospital, where he died. The victim’s name hasn’t…
Jerome, MO (KTRS) Authorities say a woman has drowned in the Gasconade River in mid-Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports divers recovered the body of 35-year-old Dorca Reyes-Deleon, of St. Robert, on Thursday afternoon near the railroad bridge over the river in the Phelps County town of Jerome. Reyes-Deleon had been swimming with a…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A car passenger who was shot on Interstate 70 in St. Louis has died, days after the shooting. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 26-year-old Kenneth Woods-Bey of Maryland Heights was riding in a car with three others about 4 a.m. Sunday. Someone pulled alongside and began shooting. Woods-Bey was critically injured…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The NAACP is moving forward with a travel advisory warning people to be careful while in Missouri because of a danger that civil rights won’t be respected. Missouri NAACP President Rod Chapel said Thursday that national delegates voted the day before to adopt the advisory, which was put in place…