Corps: Giving it contaminated landfill would not speed fix
The EPA says the radioactive waste is contained and is no threat to residents
Major Case Squad Activated In Double Shooting In Metro-East
Madison, IL (KTRS) The Major Case Squad is investigating a double shooting that left one man dead and another man in hospitalized in the metro-east. Investigators say the shooting happened at just before 1 a.m. Tuesday near the intersection of 7th Street and Alton Avenue in Madison. The deceased victim is said to be a 31-year-old man…
Police find Marijuana farm in home while investigating gunfire.
( KTRS ) Officers responding to a call for shots fired in St. Ann, also found a working marijuana farm. Fox 2 news reports that it all began Sunday afternoon with reports of gunfire. Officers responding found an unoccupied vehicle that had been shot at 7 times. As they began canvassing the St Ann neighborhood.…
Former University of Missouri worker admits $716K theft
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) _ A former University of Missouri employee has admitted in federal court that she stole more than $716,000 from the school over nine years. Fifty-four-year-old Carla Rathmann of Mount Vernon pleaded guilty Monday in Springfield, Missouri to one count each of mail fraud and credit card fraud. Rathmann had worked at the university’s…
Superintendents blast Illinois governor on school funding
CHICAGO (AP) – More than a dozen school superintendents have written a letter to Republican Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner accusing him of playing politics with education funding. School leaders including from Chicago, Peoria and East Moline sent the letter Monday to Rauner. They say schools won’t open on time and call Illinois’ funding formula the…