SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Ten years after the indoor smoking ban was enacted in Illinois, it has become part of everyday life. The statewide ban went into effect on Jan. 1, 2008, The (Springfield) State Journal-Register reported. It was criticized by some local bar owners and pushed by public health advocates. In 2006, Springfield, Illinois…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) Police say the deaths of a man and a woman in west county following a stand off are being investigated as a murder-suicide. The names of the victims are being withheld pending notification of relatives and autopsy results. Earlier Story: Two people are dead following a police stand off at…
By ELAINE GANLEY and JEFFREY SCHAEFFER, Associated Press TREBES, France (AP) — A French bishop paid tribute Sunday to a police officer who lost his life after swapping himself with a supermarket employee held hostage by an Islamist extremist, saying his heroic sacrifice helped save the nation. Survivors and families of the four victims of Friday’s…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Business groups are praising a bill under consideration in the Missouri Senate that would restrict when people can join together to sue over injuries. The bill’s sponsor, Republican Rep. Glen Kolkmeyer of Odessa, said the proposal would “keep a lot of lawsuits out of St. Louis,” a city seen by…