Missouri defends law capping cities’ traffic ticket revenue
The attorney general’s office argued that cities aren’t required to have a police department because they can contract services from other law enforcement agencies
Students evacuated from elementary school
(KTRS) – Plenty of questions after 40 elementary school students were taken to the hospital after complaints about an odor of natural gas. The fire department says that around 350 students from the Ames Visual and Performing Arts Elementary were evacuated. The students said they felt sick. Laclede Gas was called to the scene, but…
Black students seek swifter race reforms at Missouri
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Several University of Missouri students are pressing the system’s governing board for faster reforms in diversity as the Columbia campus continues grappling with racial unrest punctuated by racial protests there last November. Black graduate student Timothy Love was among four students at the Columbia school who addressed the university’s curators during…
MLS Commissioner Considering St. Louis
St. Louid, MO (KTRS) Major League Soccer in St. Louis looks promising. MLS Commissioner Don Garber told the “St. Louis Post Dispatch” that the league will begin searching for a stadium site in St. Louis and planning for its financing and operations immediately. Garber also said he would begin looking for potential owners. Garber however…
Kroenke Business Partner Pushes For Maryland Heights Development Project
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A business partner of Stan Kroenke wants tax dollars for a Maryland Heights development project. The “St. Louis Post Dispatch” reports that Alan Bornstein is looking to develop 1800 acres along the Missouri River next to Creve Coeur Lake Park into a retail, entertainment, office, residential and sports district. The Maryland…
Student protesters interrupt Missouri curators’ meeting
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Two dozen black protesters twice interrupted a meeting of the University of Missouri system’s governing board to read a list of demands for improvements in diversity. The demonstrators on Thursday stood side-by-side, their arms locked, outside a room on the Columbia campus when the Board of Curators were starting a finance…
Teacher charged with using app to arrange sex with teen
Mount Vernon, IL (KTRS) A Mount Vernon math teacher faces felony charges after police in southern Illinois say he used an anonymous social media app to arrange a sexual encounter with an eighth-grader. Kevin Battas, 25, was charged Wednesday in Madison County with grooming and indecent solicitation of a child using the Internet. Troy police say…
Missouri legislators press to keep university seats vacant
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s Democratic governor is pledging to circumvent the Republican-led Legislature if needed to fill vacancies on the board overseeing the state’s flagship university. Gov. Jay Nixon’s announcement Thursday further escalated the tensions of legislators already frustrated about the handling of racial issues that culminated in the resignations of the system president…
Missouri reaches $300 million trade deal with Peru
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri and Peru have agreed to trade $300 million worth of products over the next four years. Economic Development Director Mike Downing signed the pact Thursday with an official from Peru’s export and trade promotion board. The agreement comes two days after Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon announced a $750 million…
Lawmakers debate bills to update use of force law
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A state Senate committee is considering three bills that would update Missouri’s deadly force laws. The News Tribune reports that the three bills presented to the Judiciary and Criminal and Civil Jurisprudence Committee on Tuesday have slightly different approaches to the issue. Bill supporters say the current state law is…