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…
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…
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.…
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.…
Alton, IL (KTRS) The Major Case Squad has been activated to investigate a murder in the metro-east. Investigators say a man’s body was found was found lying in the roadway in the 900 block of Union Street at just after 4 a.m. Sunday. The victim who has been identified as as 34-year-old Derrance Taylor. Investigators haven’t…
Pacific, MO (KTRS) A multi-agency resource center is opening today in Pacific to help victims of the recent flooding. This will be followed by other resource centers opening this week that will provide a one-stop shop for resources such as experts in housing and insurance as well as counseling services. Participating agencies include, the American Red…
