( KTRS ) A new Missouri law will require the state’s Social Services Department to have a third party review welfare rolls. Gov. Jay Nixon said he’ll let the law take effect without his signature. Thursday was Nixon’s deadline to sign or veto bills. The measure on welfare was the most significant bill that remained on…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – A spokeswoman for Gov. Bruce Rauner says a report that Illinois will build up an $8 billion spending deficit this year shows that the Republican’s agenda for changing the state’s business climate is necessary. The legislative Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability issued a report, first provided to The Associated Press,…
RED BUD, Ill. (AP) – A southern Illinois woman found to have been driving under the influence has been sentenced to six years in prison in connection with a crash that killed two. Crystal Steinheimer of Red Bud was charged with reckless homicide in the January 2015 deaths of 19-year-old Abigail Liefer and 20-year-old Hannah…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A St. Louis man is accused of fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend, then wounding a police officer in subsequent gunfire. St. Louis prosecutors charged 40-year-old Maurice Hoskins on Thursday with two counts of first-degree murder, five counts of armed criminal action and two counts of assault against a…