ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – A new study suggests that wealthy people are more likely to get on multiple waiting lists and to score an organ transplant, and less likely to die while waiting for one. Donor organs are assigned based on medical need, time on a waiting list and other factors. Patients can get on…
(KTRS) – A chase involved the Missouri State Highway Patrol ended after a trooper fired at a suspect multiple times, but officials now say the man was not shot. The Post-Dispatch reports that although the man’s leg was injured, he was not shot. The incident began just after 8 AM Monday when a trooper spotted…
Columbia, MO (KTRS) University of Missouri System president resigns amid criticism of handling of racial issues. Tim Wolfe made that announcement this morning during a special meeting of the University of Missouri Board of Curators.
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The St. Louis murder rate continues to rise. Police say a man who was shot in north St. Louis Sunday night has died. The victim was shot inside of a home along the 5200 block of Thrush Avenue at just after 10 p.m. The victim’s name hasn’t been released. There’s no…
Columbia, MO (KTRS) Two graduate student organizations at the University of Missouri are calling for walkouts in solidarity with protesters who want the system president to resign. The Steering Committee of the Forum on Graduate Rights and the Coalition of Graduate Workers called Sunday for the actions. The organizations say walkouts by student workers on…
( KTRS ) Missouri football players announced on Twitter over the weekend that they will not participate in team activities until the university president resigns, a move designed to join forces with a black graduate student who is holding a hunger strike. Jonathan Butler has not eaten since last Monday to protest the university’s handling…
( KTRS ) The St. Charles Police Department is investigating a drive-by shooting that happened Sunday night around 8pm in the 1600 block of Timberlane, near First Capitol Drive. A police spokesperson said several shots were fired at the home, while a child was home alone. Police say the shots were fired from gold or silver…
GALATIA, Ill. (AP) – One of two mines in a southern Illinois community is expected to cease operations by the middle of next year. The Carbondale Southern Illinoisan reports Friday that it’s the American Coal Company’s New Era Mine that’ll close as it reaches the end of its reserves. The other mine in Galatia, New…
( KTRS ) A Mother has been accused of repeatedly poisoning her 9-year-old son for almost a year. Prosecutors in St. Louis County have charged 35-year-old Rachel Kinsella of Meadville with endangering the welfare of a child. Court documents allege investigators found that Kinsella surreptitiously was having her son treated at two hospitals, getting unspecified prescriptions…
TROY, Mo. (AP) — An eastern Missouri man once sentenced to life in prison for killing his wife is free after being found not guilty in a retrial. Russell Faria was found not guilty of first-degree murder, second-degree murder and armed criminal action Friday by Circuit Judge Steven Ohmer, of St. Louis, who heard the…