( KTRS ) Lawmakers from the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus say the state’s budget stalemate is having a big impact on the black population as youths miss out on financial aid for colleges and after-school programs. The group called at a Monday news conference for an end to the standoff between Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A state representative is proposing a bill that would take scholarships away from Missouri student athletes if they refuse to play. Republican Rep. Rick Brattin pre-filed the legislation last week in response to a threatened strike in November by the University of Missouri football team. The bill would require colleges…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A new report shows that almost 40 percent of tenure-track faculty at the University of Missouri received waivers that allow them to reduce their teaching load during their final academic years. According to the report, the majority of the waivers were for research purposes. The second-highest number of waivers went to…
(KTRS) – A burglar is dead, police say he was killed during an attempted home invasion in north county. The homeowner told police that he heard someone banging on his door around 10:30 and saw two people he did not recognize on his front porch. That is when the man said he went to get…
Lesterville, MO (KTRS) Today marks the ten year anniversary of the collapse of the Taum Sauk reservoir in southeast Missouri.. A massive wall of water poured down Proffit Mountain on Dec. 14, 2005, when a 700-foot section of the Taum Sauk dam gave way. Fortunately, the campground below the mountain had no visitors. However, the park…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis Police are investigating the 186th homicide of the year. Police say a man was found shot to death Sunday morning along the 3700 block of Lincoln Avenue in north St. Louis. The victim’s name hasn’t been released. There’s no word of any arrests. St. Louis had 159 murders for…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Data in a new study points to large annual costs and excessive municipal regulations in the St. Louis region. This comes from the first of a series of reports released Monday by Better Together. In 2014, St. Louis City, St. Louis County, and the ninety municipal governments in St. Louis County spent…
( KTRS ) Lawmakers from the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus are releasing a report about how the state’s budget stalemate is impacting the black population. Illinois has been operating without a spending plan since July 1, with Democrats who control the Legislature and Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner in a standoff over how to proceed. Democrats…
