( KTRS ) Missouri higher education leaders have dropped plans for a potential 2016 ballot measure that would have raised cigarette taxes to fund college scholarships. Supporters of the “Missouri Promise” initiative say competition from two other cigarette tax proposals would have made it difficult to raise enough money to hire petition circulators and promote…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A 13-year-old boy is dead after being shot in north St. Louis while he and two other minors were allegedly stealing from a vehicle. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1l31mJA ) reports that the shooting happened about 12:45 a.m. Sunday. Police say Martinez Smith-Payne and two others were stealing from an unlocked…
( KTRS ) The state of Illinois has been ordered to pay more than $13 million to cover the cost of health insurance for home health care workers. SEIU Healthcare Illinois took legal action against Gov. Bruce Rauner and Comptroller Leslie Munger earlier this month to force the payments. The union says nearly 5,000 health care…
(KTRS) – Another deadly holiday weekend on Missouri roadways. The Missouri Highway Patrol reports that nine people died during the long holiday weekend. There was sharp increase in both the total number of accidents and injuries compared to 2014. There were nearly 550 crashes this year, opposed to just 319 last year. There was also…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A Planned Parenthood chapter has filed a federal lawsuit against the acting director of Missouri’s health department to block the agency from revoking the abortion license for the group’s Columbia clinic. Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri sued Monday, seeking an injunction to preserve the Columbia clinic’s abortion facility license from…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) Students at Riverview Gardens High School will have the opportunity to participate in the Jobs For America’s Graduates program, also known as JAG. This is thanks to additional public and private funding. Governor Jay Nixon made that announcement on Monday after meeting with students at Riverview Gardens High School. Nixon…
Rauner spokeswoman Catherine Kelly says the governor understands the frustration but blames Democrats for not approving release of the money
The most deer were taken in Randolph County at 1,619 deer. The fewest were in Lake County where four deer were taken
(KTRS) – The Major Case Squad is involved in the investigation into a murder at a Ferguson apartment complex over the weekend. Police have not identified that woman who died Saturday night. Officers were called to the scene and found a woman unconscious and bleeding. The Ferguson Police said they had not identified a motive…