( KTRS ) More than 300 candidates have filed to run for public office in Missouri. Numbers from the secretary of state’s office at the end of the day Tuesday show 335 hopefuls officially became candidates on the first day of filing. Two Democrats and four Republicans officially entered the race to succeed Gov. Jay…
CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) – The president of Southern Illinois University says the school’s three campuses could see a “wholesale ending of programs” if it suffers a $40 million cut next year under Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s fiscal year 2017 budget proposal. President Randy Dunn said Monday night at a meeting of Southern Illinois University budget…
Organizers donated more than $443,000 to the Backstoppers
ST. LOUIS (AP) – An off-duty probation officer who was among several victims of paintball pranksters in St. Louis says “by the grace of God” he didn’t return fire. Forty-eight-year-old James Cashatt says he reached in his riding jacket for his gun Thursday night after hearing four pops and feeling a sting on his arm.…
(KTRS) – The Republican-led Missouri legislature is proposing millions of dollars in cuts to the University of Missouri System. The cuts are part of a total budget proposal from the House Budget Leader Tom Flanigan. The plan relies on a revenue increase of just over 3 percent, a smaller increase than Governor Jay Nixon assumed…
St. Charles, MO (KTRS) Two suspects are in custody and two more are being sought following a shooting that ended with a police chase in St. Charles. Police say shots were fired from an SUV at a residence in 2000 block of North Fourth Street late Tuesday night. This was followed by a police pursuit…
Kansas City, MO (KTRS) Bernie Sanders is coming to the Show-Me-State. Sanders’ campaign staff announced that the Democratic presidential candidate is scheduled to attend a rally on Wednesday in Kansas City. The event will be held at the Kansas City Convention Center at 1 p.m. This comes ahead of Missouri’s Presidential Preference Primary on March 15th.
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A man is dead after being shot overnight in north St. Louis. Police say the victim was shot at just after 12 a.m. Tuesday on Bessie Avenue near Marcus. He died after someone drove him to the North Patrol police station for help. The victim’s name hasn’t been released. There’s no…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The top Republican in the Illinois House says there is room to compromise with Democrats on the conservative agenda Gov. Bruce Rauner Is pushing. Jim Durkin is a Republican from Western Springs. On Monday, he told a meeting of the City Club in Chicago that he wants Democrats who control the…
