St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) A federal agency plans to study radiological contamination at a north St. Louis County creek that some residents are concerned may be linked cancer. The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry plans to gather information on contamination at Coldwater Creek for the next 18 to 24 months. The agency…
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) – Police and federal agents are for a second day searching a home in connection to the massacre in San Bernardino, California. A search team combed the residence early Thursday in neighboring Redlands, about 7 miles from the shooting at Inland Regional Center. A black sedan parked outside was also searched.…
( KTRS ) Authorities are investigating after a thief, trying to rob a Gordmans, was able to escape police. Tuesday afternoon around 2:30pm, officers from the Fenton Precinct responded to a call for a larceny in progress at Gordmans, in Gravois Bluffs. A suspect in the store was thought to be concealing numerous bottles of…
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. (AP) – Scott Air Force Base is boosting its cyber security efforts amid ongoing efforts to lure a federal spy agency’s new regional headquarters to southwestern Illinois. The 835th Cyberspace Operations Squadron and the 837th Cyberspace Squadron were activated at a Tuesday ceremony. The Belleville News-Democrat (bit.ly/1Q0Tbds ) reports the…
( KTRS ) Five Missouri school districts have received an accreditation boost. The state has decided that Caruthersville, Gilliam, Jennings, Malta Bend and Spickard districts are now fully accredited. They previously were provisionally accredited, meaning they faced extra monitoring. The Missouri State Board of Education voted to make the change during a meeting Tuesday. The…
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) – Police and firefighter pension funds in East St. Louis are suing the cash-strapped city over millions in missed payments. The Belleville News-Democrat (http://bit.ly/1OyakcY ) reports that the city owes the firefighters fund $2.46 million and the police fund $1.21 million. City Manager Alvin Parks Jr. says that East St.…
