( KTRS ) Amtrak and the Illinois Department of Transportation say they have reached an agreement to maintain existing service on state-supported routes while reducing costs. IDOT says the deal will maintain service through the end of the fiscal year on June 30, at a cost of $38.3 million to the state. The department paid…
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Italy’s foreign minister says North Korea’s rocket launch puts at risk both international and regional security, as well as peace. Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni noted in a statement that Sunday’s launch comes just one month after North Korea conducted a nuclear test, making for the North’s “latest provocation.” He said…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri lawmaker says he’s pleased that a colleague dropped a restraining order against him, but says the man was trying to hurt his reputation. Representative Courtney Allen Curtis confirmed Friday he dropped the restraining order against Representative Michael Butler. Curtis and Butler are St. Louis-area Democrats. Curtis says Butler…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A proposal to keep firearms out of the hands of domestic abusers appears to have little chance in Missouri. More than a dozen states have strengthened laws over the past two years on gun ownership for convicted domestic abusers, a rare area of consensus in the national gun debate. St.…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Former Providence Mayor Buddy Cianci will lie in repose at City Hall outside the office he occupied for more than 21 years. Cianci died Jan. 28 at 74. He was the city’s longest-serving mayor but was forced from office twice because of felonies. Cianci’s wake will be held Saturday and Sunday.…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Amtrak and the Illinois Department of Transportation say they have reached an agreement to maintain existing service on state-supported routes while reducing costs. The deal announced Friday will maintain service through the end of the fiscal year on June 30 at a cost of $38.3 million to the state. The department…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri lawmaker has dropped a restraining order he had obtained against a colleague with whom he says he got into a fistfight. Representative Courtney Allen Curtis confirmed Friday that he had dropped the action against Rep. Michael Butler. Curtis says Butler swung at him outside a union reception over…
The attorney general’s office argued that cities aren’t required to have a police department because they can contract services from other law enforcement agencies
EARTH CITY, Mo. (AP) – As the St. Louis Rams organization packs up its headquarters in preparation for moving the National Football League team to Los Angeles, about 50 employees are preparing to be left behind. Since the NFL voted to relocate the Rams to Los Angeles three weeks ago, about half of the 100…