NORMAL, Ill. (AP) – Students at Illinois State University will be able to get an undergraduate degree in cybersecurity. The school’s board of trustees approved the creation of the program at their recent board meeting. The university’s School of Information Technology will administer the program. University officials say the program is designed to help students…
A $1,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to the arrest of an armed robbery suspect. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the robbery took place early Saturday morning at the Huck’s store on Route 159 in Swansea,IL. The FBI is also investigating. Anyone with any information should call Crimestoppers at 1-866-371-8477.
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Missouri’s lowest-in-the-nation tobacco tax will rise if either of two ballot measures passes Nov. 8. Amendment 3 would add 60 cents to Missouri’s 17-cent-per-pack tobacco tax, with the money going to early childhood education. Proposition A would raise the tobacco tax 23 cents for transportation projects. In a twist, tobacco companies…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A St. Louis animal shelter operator says more than a dozen dogs died because of a virus outbreak. Stray Rescue owner Randy Grim told The St. Louis Post-Dispatch that 17 dogs – mostly puppies – died because of the distemper outbreak Saturday at Stray Rescue. Distemper is a virus that can…