KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A group of minority former faculty members at the University of Missouri says racial problems must be addressed. The MU Former Faculty of Color released a statement late Friday supporting students protesting what they say is a racist environment at the predominantly white Columbia campus. The statement is signed by…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A graduate student organization at the University of Missouri says new leadership hasn’t yet meant student demands have been fulfilled. But the Steering Committee of the Forum on Graduate Rights in a statement Friday said it looks forward to working with Interim University of Missouri System President Mike Middleton and Interim…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Gov. Jay Nixon has appointed a community development official with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis to the University of Missouri Board of Curators. Nixon said in a news release Friday that Yvonne Sparks will fill a vacant seat on the board, which oversees the university’s four campuses. Her appointment…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – A St. Louis County 19-year-old is accused of assisting in the looting that followed a grand jury’s decision a year ago not to indict a Ferguson police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that prosecutors have charged Ithamar Trotter with second-degree burglary. Authorities allege Trotter…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A St. Louis pizza restaurant and karate studio has been raided again amid allegations of neglect and dangerous conditions at a youth shelter there. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that FBI agents and other authorities took part in Thursday’s raid of DoJo Pizza. The newspaper says the business was raided or…
MOUNT VERNON, Mo. (AP) – A judge has ruled that a 26-year-old man will stand trial on murder charges in a fatal shooting in southwest Missouri. Clinton Blizzard is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the September death of Nathaniel “Steven” Higgins. The Joplin Globe reports a Lawrence County judge ruled Thursday…
UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Loop Trolley project in the St. Louis area is now expected to cost about $51 million, $8 million more than the original estimate. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the increase is due, in part, to street paving and landscaping costs. Critics contend the cost of the 2.2-mile trolley…
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) – A southern Illinois woman has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty but mentally ill to charges she wrapped her newborn son in a towel and plastic bag and left him in a drawer to die in 2007. Elyse Mamino was charged with the baby boy’s death the…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Five leading Illinois business groups are urging Gov. Bruce Rauner and legislative leaders to skip the public budget negotiation they’ve scheduled for next week. In a letter released Thursday, the business leaders say a public meeting over the 18-week budget holdup would prevent “sincere and constructive” conversation necessary for successful negotiation.…
