Son of former Illinois mayor sentenced for 2009 double murder
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) – The 26-year-old son of a former Alorton mayor has been sentenced to consecutive life sentences for killing two men in the nearby village of Washington Park. Randy McCallum Jr. was sentenced Thursday in St. Clair County Circuit Court following his February first-degree murder convictions in the 2009 deaths of Charles Black…
Committee looking for new UM president says candidates need public relations mastery
ROLLA, Mo. (AP) – A committee leading the search for a new president of the University of Missouri system nagged by racial unrest says candidates must have “a deft command” of communications and public relations. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that the committee approved a list of qualifications for the successor to Tim Wolfe during…
Two dead after morning shooting in North St. Louis
(KTRS) – Two people are dead and a third is in the hospital after a shooting just about a block from Crown Candy Kitchen in north St. Louis. Police say that the suspect or suspects knocked on the door of the apartment and when someone answered the door, the shots started. Two of the victims…
US researchers see more signs NKorea is producing plutonium
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. researchers see further signs from satellite imagery that North Korea is looking to produce more plutonium for nuclear weapons. The activity seen at the Nyongbyon nuclear complex comes amid a flurry of weapons-related tests by North Korea. The website 38 North says that commercial satellite imagery taken Monday shows a rail…
Boston marks 3rd anniversary of deadly marathon bombing
BOSTON (AP) – Boston marked the third anniversary of the deadly 2013 marathon bombings with subdued remembrances. The governor and mayor joined victims’ families Friday morning for a brief and quiet ceremony at the finish line on Boylston Street. Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and his wife, Lauren, bowed their heads in silence after helping the…
Hastert Judge Won’t Consider Support Letters Unless Made Public
Chicago, IL (KTRS) – The judge in Dennis Hastert’s hush-money case says that if the former House speaker wants letters of support considered during his sentencing, they must be made public. U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Durkin said in a Thursday filing that the court won’t consider 60 letters “unless they are publicly filed.” The…
