(KTRS/AP) – More Illinois students are participating in Advanced Placement classes, but they are doing worse on the final exams. The Chicago Tribune reports about 95,000 students took 176,000 AP exams last May. That is about 25,000 more students that took exams in 2011. The bad news, only about three out of five students received…
BELVIDERE, Ill. (AP) – Presence of a rare mollusk has delayed repairs to a bridge in northern Illinois. The Rockford Register Star reports that the Belvidere Public Works Department’s plans to repair a bridge five miles west of downtown will have to wait until 2017. That’s because the Illinois Department of Natural Resources needs to…
(KTRS) – The Wall Street Journal reports that former Cardinals scouting director, Chris Correa, plans to admit to hacking the Houston Astros computer network. Correa was fired in July while the Cardinals were the target of a federal investigation into the alleged hacking. Correa initially confessed to accessing the Astros’ database, but he claimed it was only…
Mayor Francis Slay said that the city would still be willing to work with Kroenke if he were willing to negotiate for a new stadium in earnest
The White House says under the Constitution, the president can’t pardon Avery and Dassey because they were convicted of state crimes, not federal crimes
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) – While Hillary Clinton has been rallying Democrats out West, former President Bill Clinton has been carrying her campaign’s message through Iowa. Next week, when the Democratic front-runner returns to Iowa herself, her daughter, Chelsea, will be courting supporters in New Hampshire. The family tag-team across the early voting states is…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The St. Louis area is gearing up for the first winter storm of the season. The National Weather Service is calling for 2-4 inches of snowfall over the weekend. Rain is expected to change into snow Saturday afternoon. The snow is expected to end early Sunday morning. This will be…
A winner would have the option of being paid $800 million through annual payments over 29 years or opting for $496 million in cash
Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) Traffic fatalities are up in the state Missouri. The Missouri Department of Transportation reports that there were 853 traffic fatalities last year, an 11.4 percent increase over the 766 recorded in 2014. Officials say 63 percent of those killed in traffic crashes last year, were not wearing seat belts. According to…