Weather Prompts School Closings And Delayed Openings
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The winter storm has prompted dozens of school closings and delayed opens. School Closings and Delays as of 7 a.m. : ALEX Recovery School Desloge | CLOSED Abiding Savior Lutheran School | opening at 10:00 am Academy of St. Louis – Chesterfield | CLOSED Academy of the Sacred Heart |…
188 homicides in St. Louis in 2016, same as the year before
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Unofficial numbers are in, and 2016 was just as deadly as 2015 in St. Louis. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 188 homicide cases were reported in the city last year, the exact same as 2015. The 2015 total was 18 percent higher than the 159 killings in 2014. The record…
Pressure on Obama to grant last-minute pardons, commutations
WASHINGTON (AP) – Under mounting pressure to free convicts as a last act, President Barack Obama is planning at least one more batch of pardons and commutations before leaving office in two weeks. But don’t expect many famous offenders to make the list. The list of bold names appealing to Obama for compassion in his…