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U. City To Host Regional Youth Forum
UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. (KMOX) - University City mayor Shelley Welsch will host a first-ever “Regional Initiative on Youth” forum Tuesday night. It’s open to the public and begins at 6 pm at the Heman...
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Teach For America-St. Louis Receives $212,000 in Tax Credits
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – Teach For America-St. Louis, a non-profit organization that works to reduce the academic achievement gap between children in low-income communities and their peers in more affluent...
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No Red Bull At These Youth Games
O’FALLON, IL (KMOX) - If you go to a youth sporting event at an O’Fallon, Illinois park, leave your Five Hour Energy, Red Bull, beer and cigarettes at home. Next week, the O’Fallon, Illinois City...
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Concussion Worries Filter Down From NFL To Youth Football Leagues
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (KMOX/AP) - The serious concerns about life-altering head injuries that have been plaguing the NFL before and after Junior Seau’s high-profile suicide last week are moving down...
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TIAM Weekend: Starting a Small Business & Teaching Kids Not to Bully
Partnered with the Small Business Administration, the Service Core of Retired Executives (SCORE) wants to help you get that small business going. Brian Kelly & Maria Keena learn more when they...
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Bank Manager Going To Prison For Embezzling Money From Son’s Youth Soccer Team
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A former bank manager is going to prison for embezzling more than $30,000 from a Missouri youth soccer league and his own son’s team. The U.S. Attorney’s office says...
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Pastor at St. Louis Basilica Accused of Fondling Girl
ST. LOUIS (AP) – An associate pastor at St. Louis’ Cathedral Basilica is on administrative leave after being accused of fondling a teenage girl. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the Rev. Xiuhui...
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Opinion: Media Covers Up Violence Of Flash Mobs
This is the second summer in which “flash mobs” are sweeping big cities throughout the United States. If you haven’t heard of flash mobs or know what they are, it can only be hoped that the rock...
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DEA Warns Parents of Pot Legalization Ripple Effect
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – The Drug Enforcement Administration is warning parents to beware of the new attitude toward majiuana this school year. DEA special agent in charge in St. Louis Jim Shroba says the...
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Come Together Ferguson Announces Grant Recipients
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – With less than two months to go before the one-year anniversary of Michael Brown’s death and the protests that followed, efforts to help the community of Ferguson continue. The Come...
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New Question Surfaces for Transgender Leaders in Boy Scouts
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – Now that the Boy Scouts of America has voted to end its ban on gay adults, another question of sexual identity comes from Jane White, a St. Louisan that is transgender. Will she be...
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DOJ Releases Scathing Report on St. Louis County Family Court
ST. LOUIS COUNTY (KMOX) – The St. Louis County Family Court is coming under intense fire from the U.S. Department of Justice. Being released this morning are findings from a department investigation,...
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Nixon Announces $1M Set to Help At-Risk St. Louis Students
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – About $1 million in Missouri taxpayer money is set to go to an education nonprofit tasked with helping at-risk St. Louis youth. Gov. Jay Nixon on Wednesday announced the...
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Anti-Gun Violence Teen Summit to be Held on Saturday
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – Bruce Franks Jr’s big brother was shot and killed when he was nine and at the time Franks was six. It all began after his brother was used as a human shield in 1991. He says that it...
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Ferguson Construction Project Building Young Lives
Ferguson, Mo. (KMOX) – Vacant property in Ferguson is giving young people a chance to build their future. By next spring a Ferguson family could move into a new house built by young people given a...
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Missouri Summer Jobs Program Places More than 3,100 Youths
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A new Missouri summer jobs program provided more than 3,000 low-income youth with work experience. Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon said Tuesday that about 3,100 St. Louis and Kansas...
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TIAM Saturday November 14th
First off, our thoughts and prayers go out to the people of Paris and Gary Pinkel and his family. Too often, it seems, we begin the weekend with heavy hearts. On the program Saturday we learned about...
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TIAM Sunday December 27th
We began this Sunday with the sad news of the passing of St. Louis Post-Dispatch and stltoday.com sports columnist Joe Strauss. Our thoughts and prayers are with Joe’s family and everyone at the Post....
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Mo. Lawmakers Consider Youth Concussion Training Bill
JEFFERSON CITY (KMOX) –Youth sports coaches would be required to undergo concussion training under a measure presented to a House committee. It would apply to coaches of any organization that charges a...
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US Kids Get 2 Million Concussions a Year From Sports, Play
CHICAGO (AP) – As many as 2 million concussions from sports or play activities occur in U.S. children and teens each year and many receive no treatment, a new study suggests. The estimate is based on...
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