Activists March To End Illinois’ Budget Stalemate
Springfield, IL (KTRS) Demonstrators are marching to end Illinois’ budget stalemate. About one-hundred activists stepped off on Monday in Chicago for their fifteen day march to Springfield. Participants will march about thirteen miles a day. They are expected to arrive on May 30th, the day before the Legislature is scheduled to end its spring session.…
Mizzou Cutting Budget Due to Declining Enrollment, State Budget Cuts
COLUMBIA, MO. (AP) The University of Missouri in Columbia is seeing the negative effects of budget cuts and declining enrollment. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports the university is expecting its smallest incoming freshman class in nearly two decades this fall, with as much as a 6 percent decline compared to last year. Local landlords are also offering…
Boeing Will Assemble T-X In St. Louis If Awarded Contract
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) About 2000 new jobs will be created at Boeing’s St. Louis defense plant if it wins a military contract for its new training jet. Boeing today unveiled its T-X Air Force training jet, and is now vying for a $16-billion government contract to make more. The T-X replaces the fleet of…
John Danforth Named Recipient Of Churchill Leadership Medal
ST. LOUIS (AP) – John Danforth, a former Missouri attorney general, U.S. senator and ambassador to the United Nations, is the latest recipient of the Winston Churchill Leadership Medal. The award, announced Monday, is from the National Churchill Museum at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, where Churchill delivered his famous “Iron Curtain” speech in 1946.…
Forest Park Balloon Race & Balloon Glow Moves To Art Hill
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The 45th Annual Great Forest Park Balloon Race and Balloon Glow is being moved to Art Hill in Forest Park this year. Organizers say the change in venue is due to the renovations to Central Fields in Forest Park. The event is scheduled for September 15-16. “Forest Park in St.…
