COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (AP) – A Collinsville City Council member is resisting calls from colleagues to step down over her personal use of a municipal credit card while working as the southwestern Illinois city’s clerk. The Belleville News-Democrat (bit.ly/1Ld9Id1 ) reports that two council members called for Cheryl Brombolich to resign her elected position Monday night.…
( KTRS ) Authorities are looking for a victims vehicle in hopes of finding his killer. Schron Jackson, with the St. Louis police department, reports that police responded to the 4000 block of Bowen, around 3pm Monday afternoon, to a call for an unconscious male. Upon arrival, officers found 51 yr old Ricardo Comparini unconscious…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A St. Louis police sergeant who won a racial discrimination case over a police academy promotion will be paid the $620,000 he won in a federal lawsuit, plus $172,000 in attorney’s fees. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that a federal appeals court has declined to reconsider the case, leaving the city…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Supreme Court is considering a claim that state senators violated the Sunshine Law by barring some people from taking videos at committee meetings. The court heard arguments Wednesday in a case brought by Progress Missouri. The liberal group was denied permission to record videos in four Senate committee…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri lawmakers are considering whether to allow concealed weapons on public transit. Republican Sen. Bob Onder told a Senate panel Wednesday that his proposal is about safety. He said public transit can be dangerous, and allowing people to carry concealed guns on buses and trains would deter crime. Mass transit…
(KTRS) – A St. Louis alderman who gained a level of celebrity during the unrest following the shooting of Michael Brown, is working for Hillary Clinton’s campaign in Missouri. The Post-Dispatch reports that Antonio French is serving as Clinton’s deputy communications director in Missouri. French told the paper his role will be to focus on…
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WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama says he’s looking for a Supreme Court nominee with a sterling record, a deep respect for the judiciary’s role and an understanding of how the law affects real people. Obama is offering his most expansive description of the qualities he’s seeking in a replacement for the late Justice Antonin…
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Nevada Republican party is reporting that attendance at its Tuesday night caucus set a new record. The party says more than 75,000 voters attended the caucus. That’s more than twice the 33,000 who caucused in 2012. Nevada’s Republican caucuses have been plagued by low attendance and other problems since they began in…
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf says he has a treatable form of prostate cancer. The 67-year-old Wolf said Wednesday that the cancer was detected early by his doctors. He says he has a planned treatment schedule that will last several months. Wolf says it will not impair his ability to perform his…