by admin | Mar 27, 2000 | Crime / Courts
A deal has been cut with the St. Louis police department that lets 13 officers the department wanted to fire keep their jobs. Ten of the 13 had been charged with taking pay for work not performed. Chief Ron Henderson says the deal avoids costly trials that could have...
by admin | Mar 23, 2000 | Education
One of the three administrators at the University of Missouri-St.Louis who had taken early retirement and then been rehired at a reduced salary has decided to withdraw his retirement announcement. He’s Donald Driemeier, who will stay on full time. The state...
by admin | Mar 23, 2000 | News
An offer from a gun industry group to donate five thousand gun safety locks has been rejected by St. Louis Mayor Clarence Harmon. Harmon calls the offer from the National Shooting Sports Foundation “a last-ditch, back-door” attempt that might be designed...
by admin | Mar 22, 2000 | Transportation
The state is replacing 13 overpasses on Interstate 70 in the St. Louis area…and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports none of them will meet state or federal height standards. The costs of the new overpasses will be 33-million dollars. Spokesmen for the trucking...
by admin | Mar 21, 2000 | News
Doc Otis’s Hard Lemon Flavored Malt Beverage is the newest product to be produced by Anheuser-Busch. The company will introduce its lemon-flavored beer May first. The brewery says it tastes like lemonade with a kick. Anheuser-Busch says it is making the move...
