ST. LOUIS (KTRS) — St. Lous Zoo president and C-E-O Dr. Jeffrey Bonner announced Wednesday he is retiring at the end of the year after 19 years on the job. The St. Louis Zoological Park Subdistrict Commission has begun the process of an international search to identify Dr. Bonner’s successor in the coming months. Since…
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois has agreed to the early release of some low- to medium-risk inmates as part of a settlement of a federal lawsuit over the coronavirus. A lawyer involved in the case says about 1,000 inmates scheduled for release in the next nine months could soon be set free. The lawsuit was filed…
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Eric Greitens, the former Navy SEAL officer who rose quickly to become Missouri governor before scandal forced him out of office just a year and a half into his tenure, is making a political comeback with a bid for the Senate seat being vacated by fellow Republican Roy Blunt. Greitens announced…
(AP) — As the amount of COVID-19 vaccine starts to increase, leaders of the St. Louis region are putting out a call for volunteers, especially clinicians who can give shots. Three different vaccines are now available and Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said last week that he expects a large influx of vaccine in April, so…
(AP) — The field of potential candidates seeking to replace Sen. Roy Blunt has narrowed with Missouri Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe announcing he will not seek the Republican nomination in 2022 but will instead run for governor in 2024. The announcement came Monday. Blunt announced March 8 that he will not seek a third term…
The Illinois State Police is seeking the public’s help in identifying two persons of interest in a Saturday night East St. Louis homicide. A 49-year-old East St. Louis man was fatally shot in the incident which occurred in the 300 block of North 70th Street. The ISP has released the video below featuring the two…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri is extending the deadline to file taxes this year, and a new pilot study shows transmission of COVID-19 was rare among some Missouri schools. Gov. Mike Parson on Friday announced individuals now have until May 17 to file state taxes, instead of April 15. Parson says his administration delayed the…
CEDAR HILL, Mo. (AP) — Court records say a Missouri man charged in the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol was identified after posting on Snapchat and Facebook that he was inside the building during the melee. The Kansas City Star reports that documents released in the case against 28-year-old Nicholas Burton Reimler, of Cedar…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Former Missouri Republican Party Chairman Todd Graves has been appointed to the University of Missouri Board of Curators. Republican Gov. Mike Parson says he’s sending Graves’ nomination to the Senate on Monday. The appointment is subject to state Senate confirmation. The board governs the four-campus University of Missouri System. Graves led…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two St. Louis police officers have been charged with sexually assaulting four women, while a third office has been charged with witness tampering in the case. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Officer Lafeal Lawshea is charged with two counts of forcible rape, forcible sodomy, sexual misconduct and tampering with a…