Children’s hospital in Kansas City gets more 3-D printers
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A children’s hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, has approved the $300,000 purchase of a third, deluxe 3-D printer to crank out more models faster. Children’s Mercy Hospital radiologist Neil Mardis said at a presentation Thursday that he thinks 3-D printing will be a routine tool in medicine within five years.…
Illinois government workers late in filing 2014 tax returns
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois’ department of revenue says more than 300 state employees, including two lawmakers, are delinquent in paying their taxes for the 2014 calendar year. Department of Revenue officials tell the Chicago Tribune the 312 state workers are getting their salaries but still haven’t filed returns for calendar year 2014, which were due…
Man charged with assault for attempting to run over police officers
( KTRS ) A man has been charged with assault for trying to run over two police officers with a car this weekend. Authorities say 23-year-old Edward Montgomery attempted to strike down the officers Friday night near an apartment complex on Goodfellow in north St. Louis. The officers were reportedly responding to call for shot…
Bill would improve Missouri student journalists’ protections
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri lawmakers are considering a bill to give student journalists more freedom by restricting the types of content school administrators could censor. The bill passed out of the House in March and is awaiting debate in the Senate. The Kansas City Star reports current law allows administrators to censor anything…
Cahokia man charged in death of man thrown from car in high-speed chase
EDWARDSVILLE, ILL (KTRS) The Major Case Squad says a suspect has been charged with reckless homicide in the death of man whose body was found lying by the side of a road near Madison, Illinois, last week. Authorities say 24-year-old Terrance Smith of Cahokia has also been charged with aggravated fleeing and trying to elude a…
Jerry Nachtigal, spokesman for 3 Missouri governors, passes away
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) Jerry Nachtigal, a former journalist who became spokesman for three consecutive Missouri governors, has died. The Miller Funeral Home said Nachtigal died of cancer Sunday in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He was 57. Nachtigal was Gov. Mel Carnahan’s spokesman in October 2000 when it fell to him to confirm that Carnahan; the governor’s son,…
St. Louis philanthropist, civic leader Mary Ann Lee dies at age 90
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) Local civic leader, philanthropist and widow of the late Des Lee … Mary Ann Lee … has passed away of natural causes. She was 90. In 1945, Lee married Jack C. Taylor, who 12 years later founded Executive Leasing, now Enterprise Holdings. Their marriage ended in 1977, but right up until Taylor’s death…