JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley is asking that bond be revoked for a county sheriff who was temporarily removed from office after an inmate died from injuries suffered in an altercation at the jail. Hawley said that he wants former Mississippi County Sheriff Cory Hutcheson either jailed or barred from…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Supreme Court has struck down portions of a law that imposed special requirements on Ferguson and other cities and police in St. Louis County following unrest after the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown. The court ruled Tuesday that the 2015 law was unconstitutional because the state…
FERGUSON, MO (KTRS)Â The Missouri Supreme Court has struck down portions of a law that imposed special requirements on Ferguson and other cities and police in St. Louis County in the aftermath of the unrest that followed the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown. The state’s highest court today ruled that the 2015 law was…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) The ACLU is blasting a decision by Hazelwood School District officials to suspend several students who walked out of school to support their union teachers. Dozens of students at Hazelwood West High School students left class for more than an hour Monday to protest the district’s refusal to renegotiate a contract with union teachers.…
St. Louis County, MO  (KTRS)  St. Louis County has launched a new informational website on the Jamestown Mall project. The website is aimed at keeping residents up-to-date on the latest developments on the Jamestown Mall project. It also provides a forum for residents to voice comments and concerns as the project moves forward. “It’s important…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS)Â The Confederate monument that has stood in Forest Park in St. Louis since 1914 may be removed. City officials say Mayor Lyda Krewson wants the 32-foot-tall monument in Forest Park removed as quickly as possible, and is looking into engineering options to take it down. It will likely be placed in storage since…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Auditor Nicole Galloway on Tuesday warned that a new law that allows more people to request criminal record expungements and raise those application fees could violate the state Constitution, although the sponsor said he doubts that will happen. A report by the auditor cautions that the 2016 law could…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The University of Missouri expects to cut 400 positions amid enrollment drops and cuts in state funding. The Kansas City Star reports that Interim Chancellor Garnett Stokes spoke about the cuts with faculty, students and staff at a campus forum Monday. Stokes says at least half of the positions to be…
St. Louis, MO  (KTRS)  Funeral arrangements are set for longtime St. Louis broadcaster John Auble. The former TV anchor and reporter known for his quick wit passed away over the weekend after a long battle with cancer. Visitation will be held Wednesday at Bucholtz West from  3 p.m. – 9 p.m.  A funeral Mass will…
