St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Friday will be the 35th anniversary of the Superfund Law. To celebrate this milestone, Just Moms STL and other community activists wore party hats and delivered cupcakes today the St.Louis area offices of several lawmakers, to thank them for their efforts with West Lake Landfill. This refers to the introduction of…
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri State University graduate student’s research findings may rewrite the history of the Civil War in Jasper County in Missouri. The Joplin Globe reports that Christopher Dukes outlined two findings based on his research to the Jasper County Commission Tuesday. Dukes says that land acquired by the county to commemorate…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The St. Louis murder rate continues to climb. This comes after police say a man was shot to death Tuesday night at a north St. Louis bus stop. The victim was gunned down around 10 p.m. at St. Louis and East Prairie. There’s no word of any arrests. The victim’s…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) An investigation is underway after a suspect died while in St. Louis police custody. Police say the 27-year-old man was arrested in south St. Louis Tuesday for trespassing. He was taken to a holding cell at central patrol where police say he attempted to hang himself with his sweatpants. Police Chief…
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – Missouri State University has hired an investigator to conduct an independent review of allegations of racist treatment against the school’s vice president of diversity and inclusion. The university’s Board of Governors Chair Stephen Hoven announced Monday there would be an investigation of the treatment of Ken Coopwood, the university’s first black…
WASHINGTON PARK, Ill. (AP) – A southeast Missouri man who says he was shocked with a stun-gun while handcuffed in jail has settled a federal civil rights lawsuit against a small southwestern Illinois police force. Yancy Carden of Sikeston, Missouri, sued Washington Park over his April arrest following a dispute about a $200 bar tab…
( KTRS ) Revised campaign finance reports show a former campaign aide to Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder has been paid at least $60,000 more than originally reported. Additional payments to former campaign manager Logan Thompson were among hundreds of changes made to Kinder’s campaign records. Kinder’s gubernatorial campaign say independent contractors prepared incorrect reports…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A 27-year-old man has died in jail after a struggle with officers who tried to prevent him from killing himself in a holdover cell. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports (http://bit.ly/1R9cMZ0 ) that the man who died Tuesday evening had been taken into custody that afternoon for trespassing. Police Chief Sam Dotson…
