by Bill Pollock | Jun 30, 2015 | Sports Features
Defenseman Chris Pronger, who spent half of his NHL career with the Blues, winning the league’s MVP award in 2000, was selected to the Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday. Pronger was chosen in his first season of eligibility. He was an All-Star in eight of his...
by Bill Pollock | Jun 30, 2015 | Sports Features
I never thought I would be writing this next sentence.  The two best teams in the American League played last night in Houston. After last year’s run, I could understand the Royals, but the Astros?  With their 6-1 over the Royals, they improved on their American...
by Mike Lear | Jun 30, 2015 | Crime / Courts, News
According to the outgoing Chief Justice of Missouri’s Supreme Court, it isn’t because of her ideology, or that of the Court, that Missouri has resumed executions in earnest. Missouri has executed four people this year and 16 since November, 2013, with the...
by Mike Lear | Jun 30, 2015 | News
The conservators at the Missouri State Archives have finished reviewing the contents of the Missouri State Capitol time capsule. One item that has caught the public’s attention is a brass tube, placed in the capsule by the masons and not on the list of items...
by Mike Lear | Jun 30, 2015 | News, Weather
The National Weather Service has confirmed that at least three tornadoes touched down in east-central Missouri, Sunday. The strongest of the three was rated an EF-2 and touched down northwest of St. Peters about 8:04. Its winds are estimated to have reached up to 122...