St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A St. Louis Aldermanic committee meeting will be held this afternoon on the stadium bill. The legislation would require a public vote before any city funds used for a new stadium. Meanwhile, the NFL owners meeting continues today in Dallas to discuss the potential relocation of one or more teams, including…
Ferguson, MO (KTRS) Today is interim Ferguson Police Chief Andre Anderson’s last day on the job. Anderson was hired by the city back in July to help resolve issues within the embattled police department. Anderson took a leave of absence from from the Glendale, Arizona Police Department where he served as a commander. He will…
Columbia, MO (KTRS) The University of Missouri has a new resource for dealing with discrimination. On Wednesday, Garnett Stokes, provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Missouri, announced the creation of a new Office for Civil Rights & Title IX. This new office will centralize reports and investigations of discrimination on…
( KTRS ) Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate whether the Chicago Police Department’s practices violate federal and constitutional law. Madigan says that the “shocking death” of 17 yr old, Laquan McDonald, who was fatally shot by white police officer in 2014, raises serious questions about the use…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Gov. Bruce Rauner closed the public portion of Tuesday’s budget summit with a forceful plea to take on what he says are the root causes of Illinois’ financial woes. The Republican governor capped statements to open the budget negotiation with a familiar speech about the business and political climates in the…
VALLEY PARK, Mo. (AP) – A 6-year-old child is in protective custody after being found unharmed in a suburban St. Louis home where his parents died in an apparent murder-suicide. Police were called to the home in Valley Park around 11:15 a.m. Monday after school district officials expressed concern that the boy wasn’t in school.…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) There’s a new initiative in the city of St. Louis aimed at helping young people facing municipal fines. Mayor Francis Slay held a news conference Tuesday on the early success of a pilot program called the Civil Liberties Jobs Program. It gives unemployed young people with municipal fines the opportunity to have…
(KTRS) – A Jennings man is facing first degree murder charges for allegedly shooting an killing a Ferguson mother. Stassie Greer faces a total of four felony charges connected to the murder of Sharae Bradford. Court documents state that Greer agreed to meet Bradford at her apartment and have sex in exchange for money. Police…
