JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s K-12 public schools would get about a $76 million increase in basic funding under the budget proposed by a House panel. A House committee on Thursday scaled back a recommendation by Gov. Jay Nixon to increase funding by about $85 million. Recommendations from both Nixon and the House panel…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A film crew is turning the 2003 killing of a Columbia man into an episode for a true-crime cable TV series. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that the crew began work this week on an episode about the 2003 killing of James Pruitt for the show “Snapped” on the Oxygen Network.…
St. Louis, MO Â (KTRS) Â Â St. Louis firefighters are credited with rescuing two children from a burning apartment Thursday afternoon. Authorities say the boys, ages 2 and 4, weren’t breathing when they were rescued from the apartment in the 800 block of Clara Avenue in north St. Louis. EMS crews were able to revive the children…
St. Louis, MO Â (KTRS) Â A man is dead after being shot overnight in north St. Louis. Police say the victim was dropped off at an area hospital early Friday morning, where he later died. The shooting happened around 1:30 in morning in the 3000 block of Walton Place. There’s no word of any arrests. The…
St. Louis, MO  (KTRS)  Shake Shake is coming to St. Louis. St. Louis native and founder of the burger stand style restaurant , Danny Meyer has announced that Shake Shake will open in 2017 on the southeast corner of Euclid Avenue and West Pine Boulevard in the Central West End.  Meyer drew inspiration from his birthplace when…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – A new college entrance exam is coming to Illinois. The test known as the SAT is replacing the ACT. The Illinois State Board of Education announced Thursday it will begin negotiating a contract with the College Board, which administers the SAT. The announcement comes after a protest filed by ACT was…
( KTRS ) As temperatures continue to drop drastically overnight, the Winter Outreach program will continue operations for the next 3 evenings. Maggie Crane, spokeswoman for Mayor Slay’s office, says referrals for winter shelter should be made through the Housing Resource Center hotline at 314 802-5444 or United Way by 211. Crane says “Increased outreach…
MASCOUTAH, Ill. (AP) – Members of Illinois’ congressional delegation are appealing to the head of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in support of Scott Air Force Base’s bid to host its new facility. U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Mark Kirk and other Illinois congressmen wrote a letter to NGA Director Robert Cardillo this week, urging him…
HILLSBORO, Ill. (AP) – Some central Illinois residents are asking state regulators to reject a proposed expansion of a coal mine where an underground fire has smoldered for nearly a year. Opponents of Foresight Energy’s planned Deer Run Mine expansion testified at a Thursday public hearing in Hillsboro that the company’s inability to quell the…
( KTRS ) The O’Fallon, MO. Police Department is looking for a suspect who viciously attacked a teen and left him needing surgery. Police say the male victim, in his early teens, was assaulted in the Pin Oak Mobile Home Park around 6 pm Thursday night. The victim is currently at an area hospital and…