Columbia, MO (KTRS) A University of Missouri graduate student is on a hunger strike in an effort to oust the university system’s president. The Columbia Missourian reports that Jonathan Butler, a master’s student in educational leadership and policy analysis began the hunger strike on Monday as a protest against Tim Wolfe. Butler accuses Wolfe of failing…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) No charges will be filed against two St. Louis police officers who shot and killed a mentally ill man last year. The St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s office concluded the officers had a “strong self defense claim” in the fatal shooting of 25-year-old Kajieme Powell on August 19th, 2014 in north St.…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The city’s murder rate continues to climb. This comes after police say two men were shot to death Tuesday night along the 2600 block of California in south St. Louis. The names of the victims haven’t been released. There’s no word of any arrests This brings the city’s murder count to…
Court of Appeal Doesn’t Care for Removal of Grand Jury Member https://ktrs.com/aclu-doesnt-care-for-removal-of-grand-jury-member/
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A group of St. Louis University law school students moved a previously scheduled discussion about Planned Parenthood off school property Tuesday after feeling external pressure from the university. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports (http://bit.ly/1GKFZ9A ) the university’s chapter of Law Students for Reproductive Justice had planned to host a discussion centered…
( KTRS ) An East St. Louis man has pleaded guilty to killing a University of Missouri student after what prosecutors call a botched 2013 drug deal. 26 year-old Deneshion Swope pleaded guilty Tuesday to first-degree murder in Madison County Circuit Court in the shooting death of 21-year-old Jarrett Mosby of Collinsville. Police say Mosby…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Democrats have gained a seat in the Missouri House as a result of special elections held to fill several vacancies. Three empty House seats were on the ballot Tuesday. Democrats won two of them, including one that had previously been held by a Republican. In suburban Kansas City, Democrat Rory…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri officials say revenues for the fiscal year that started July 1 are about 3 percent higher than they were in 2015. Acting budget director Dan Haug says individual income tax collections are up 6.2 percent for the July-through-October period this year, going from $1.8 million in FY 2015 to…
