MANCHESTER, Mo. (AP) – Five years after St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson launched an effort to increase enrollment at the region’s Catholic schools, enrollment continues to decline. That led to an announcement Friday that John F. Kennedy Catholic High School in Manchester will close at the end of this year. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports…
( KTRS ) Illinois State Fair officials say numbers this year were down from the last. A report shows that attendance, for the fair that ran from Aug 11th to the 21st, was around 357,000. Heavy rains and high temps are believed to be the reason numbers weren’t as high as last years. During the…
WAYNESVILLE, Mo. (AP) – Authorities are searching for two inmates who escaped from a south-central Missouri jail. The Springfield News-Leader reports the two men escaped from the Pulaski County jail early Sunday. Sheriff Ron Long said in a release that the inmates requested a medical check, then stole the jailer’s keys and fled. The jailer was…
( KTRS ) Police in Edwardsville, Illinois are looking for a man who, they believe, kidnapped his 13-year-old stepdaughter and her new born son. 39-year-old Christopher Derleth, could possibly be heading towards West Virginia on eastbound Interstate 64. Police also think that his stepdaughter, 13-year-old Katherine Elizabeth, has her son with her as well. He…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois education officials are beginning to draft legislation that would prohibit school districts from dropping students from enrollment lists because they don’t meet minimum academic and attendance standards. Illinois State Board of Education officials say that current state law increases the chance that at-risk students will drop out of school. The Herald…
MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (AP) – About 40,000 people are expected to visit the Southern Illinois community of Murphysboro for this year’s Apple Festival, bringing the town a bump in sales tax revenue. The festival, which includes a pie-eating contest, carnival and parade, began Wednesday and runs through Saturday. The (Carbondale) Southern Illinoisan reports (http://bit.ly/2d1l9pN ) the…
WELLSTON, Mo. (AP) – A St. Louis woman is facing charges for a shooting on a light rail platform. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 27-year-old Teanna Lechelle Deloch is charged with second-degree assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon. She is jailed on $40,000 bond. Police say Deloch carried a .38…
NEAR THE STANDING ROCK SIOUX RESERVATION, N.D. (AP) – What started in April with a few members of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe has become one of North Dakota’s newest and biggest communities. Hundreds, sometimes thousands, of people have set up tents and shelters near the confluence of the Missouri and Cannonball rivers, joining tribal…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Thirsty for a beer at a ballgame or rock concert? There soon could be an app for that. Missouri lawmakers on Wednesday overrode a veto by Gov. Jay Nixon to enact a law allowing entertainment facilities to sell alcoholic drinks through mobile applications. Customers could tap an app on their…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The University of Missouri says it’s putting $1.6 million toward doubling its numbers of minority faculty to 13 percent in four years. The Kansas City Star reports that university leaders met on the Columbia campus Tuesday to discuss efforts in the past year to improve diversity, inclusion and race relations. Kevin McDonald,…