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Candidates converge on Missouri state capital city to file for 2022 campaigns

3 years 6 months ago
JEFFERSON CITY, MO-- The 2022 campaign cycle is now officially open in Missouri. Months after candidates began raising money, garnering endorsements and wooing voters, Tuesday marked the first day to file to run in the August 2nd primaries. Candidates began filing for their place on the ballot at 8 am at the Missouri Secretary of [...]
Gregg Palermo

Ahmaud Arbery killing: All 3 murderers convicted of hate crimes

3 years 6 months ago
The three men convicted of murder in Ahmaud Arbery’s fatal shooting were found guilty of federal hate crimes and other lesser charges Tuesday for violating Arbery’s civil rights and targeting him because he was Black.
The Associated Press via Nexstar Media Wire

What you need to know about the Ukraine-Russia crisis

3 years 6 months ago
Efforts by world leaders to head off a Russian invasion of Ukraine were dealt a serious blow when Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized the independence of two separatist regions in eastern Ukraine and ordered his military to “maintain peace” there.
The Associated Press via Nexstar Media Wire

New Deli Star production facility opens today, could bring 500 new jobs to area

3 years 6 months ago
ST. LOUIS - Deli Star Corporation is opening a new production facility in St. Louis Tuesday. Governor Mike Parson will take part in the ribbon-cutting ceremony. A fire destroyed the company's plant in Fayetteville, Illinois last year. The new facility is on Chouteau Avenue near South Compton. It could bring in as many as 500 [...]
Monica Ryan

Rain across the area Tuesday morning, winter weather comes Wednesday

3 years 6 months ago
ST. LOUIS - Tuesday starts off with rain across the area. Some storms and rain will be heavy at times. Some areas to the south may see severe storms. It will be dry Tuesday afternoon and night. The next system comes in Wednesday and brings winter weather (snow and sleet) through Thursday. Some accumulations are [...]
Linh Truong

St. Louis County search for victims of man accused of threatening to assault women

3 years 6 months ago
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell is searching for more victims of a man charged with first-degree harassment. Bell said there is a pattern of allegations against 53-year-old Robert Merkle. "After a brief dating period, one date, or even a chance encounter where he obtains the victim's phone number, [...]
Monica Ryan

Illinois researchers want to hear about armadillo sightings

3 years 6 months ago
ST. LOUIS--Four years of data collected by researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale suggests that nine-banded armadillos, which have been in Illinois' southern counties for years, will continue to move north. It's a reason why experts still want people to report sightings two years after the research ended. "Although temperature and precipitation are thought to [...]
Gregg Palermo

Missouri bill would ban school suspensions for younger students

3 years 6 months ago
ST. LOUIS (KTVI)-- A bill set for its first hearing in a Missouri General Assembly committee this week would prohibit schools from suspending students in preschool to third grade, and would prohibit suspending children at all for truancy, absences or prior offenses. House Bill 2533, sponsored by State Representative Dottie Bailey, a Eureka Republican will [...]
Gregg Palermo