( KTRS ) The increasing needs of a government without a budget has at least temporarily cut into Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s resolve to stand firm against spending any state money without a spending agreement. The governor compromised last week, allowing Democrats who control the House to approve spending authority for about $3 billion. Most…
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (AP) – Democrat Chris Koster is touting experience as attorney general as he seeks to distinguish himself from four Republicans running for Missouri governor. The Missouri Farm Bureau gubernatorial forum Sunday in Osage Beach was the first time Koster spoke at a question-and-answer session alongside Republicans. Suburban St. Louis businessman John Brunner, former…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Deer hunters statewide are encouraged to allow samples to be taken for chronic wasting disease from adult deer they harvest. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources lists locations serving as CWD sampling stations on its website. The stations are taking samples from entire deer or deer heads through Jan. 17. The…
( KTRS ) A St. Louis County woman is dead after firing shots at police officers who entered her home after she shot a neighbor three times. Sergeant Brian Schellman, with the St. Louis County Police Department reports that 61 yr old Sheilah Huck had been acting irrationally outside her home Saturday before shooting a…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Forward Steve Ott of the St. Louis Blues will be sidelined for three months with a hamstring injury. The forward was hurt in the first period of a loss to Toronto on Saturday. The team said on its website that Ott would undergo surgery on both hamstrings next week.