COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A dormitory association at the University of Missouri is pushing that a new residence hall on campus be named after a prominent late black journalist once denied admission there. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports the campus Residence Halls Association has included Lucile Bluford’s name among a list of potential ones for…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A child is dead after being struck by a car in south St. Louis. Police say the 8-year-old boy was hit by a passing vehicle along the 7700 block of Michigan early Sunday night. The driver remained on the scene and has been fully cooperative with police according to the investigation.…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens during his first 100 days in office made good on a top campaign promise to sign right to work legislation. Greitens passed the 100-day mark on Wednesday. He achieved a major campaign promise months before, when he signed a law in February banning mandatory union fees.…
( KTRS ) Police in south St. Louis say an 8 yr old boy died Sunday evening after being struck by a vehicle. The accident happened in the 7700 block of Michigan Ave, just after 6:30pm. Few details have been released. The driver of the vehicle remained at the scene to speak with authorities. The…
( KTRS ) Authorities are investigating 2 shootings that took place late Sunday night in the Greater Ville neighborhood. Police were initially called to the 4200 block of East Ashland just after 11 pm last night. A man was found at the scene with a gun shot wound, he was taken to hospital but his…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois Democrats are pushing an ambitious minimum wage hike despite opposition from Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner. A House proposal would lift the state’s rate from $8.25 to $15 over five years. The change would be a more accelerated leap than previous adjustments, and it’s already tied up in Illinois’ electoral politics.…
( KTRS ) Police say an elderly couple, found dead early Sunday morning, died in an apparent murder suicide. Officers were conducting a welfare check, at a home in the 900 block of Parma Drive in West County, when they found the bodies of and 83-year-old man and an 80-year-old woman. Police believe the man…
Kansas City, Kansas (AP) _ Kansas City, Kansas, police and federal marshals are asking for the public’s help in finding a man accused of killing the sister of a girl whose kidnapping 17 years earlier sparked a massive manhunt before she was found dead in Missouri. Prosecutors in Kansas’ Wyandotte County have charged Emenencio Lansdown…
ST. LOUIS (AP) St. Louis police have released the names of two utility workers who were shot to death, along with the name of the man they say shot the workers before turning the gun on himself. The shooting happened Thursday morning as the Laclede Gas employees were working in a residential area in St.…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois’s continued state budget problems have prompted S&P Global Ratings to downgrade the credit worthiness of six state universities and the City Colleges of Chicago . The credit house said it took the action because it’s possible lawmakers and Gov. Bruce Rauner will fail to agree on an annual budget by…