LOS ANGELES (AP) — Roger Goodell says the existing stadiums in St. Louis, San Diego and Oakland are “inadequate and unsatisfactory,” and the proposals the Rams, Chargers and Raiders received to remain in their current cities lacked certainty. A person who has seen the report told The Associated Press on Saturday night that the NFL…
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — With Powerball sales breaking records, the odds are growing that someone will win the $800 million jackpot. But if no one matches all the numbers Saturday, the next drawing is expected to soar past $1 billion. Officials with the Multi-State Lottery Association, which runs the Powerball game expect about 65 percent…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The University of Missouri is temporarily banning hoverboards. The Columbia campus on Friday told students not to bring the motorized two-wheel scooters to school. Officials cited safety concerns. More than 30 universities nationally have banned or restricted hoverboards on their campuses in recent weeks, saying they’re unsafe. Concerns center on possible…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri is getting an initial $1 million in federal funding to help repair roads and bridges damaged by flooding. The Federal Highway Administration on Friday announced the emergency relief funding. Federal Highway Administrator Gregory Nadeau says the money is meant to help with the most critical repairs as the state…
(KTRS/AP) – More Illinois students are participating in Advanced Placement classes, but they are doing worse on the final exams. The Chicago Tribune reports about 95,000 students took 176,000 AP exams last May. That is about 25,000 more students that took exams in 2011. The bad news, only about three out of five students received…
BELVIDERE, Ill. (AP) – Presence of a rare mollusk has delayed repairs to a bridge in northern Illinois. The Rockford Register Star reports that the Belvidere Public Works Department’s plans to repair a bridge five miles west of downtown will have to wait until 2017. That’s because the Illinois Department of Natural Resources needs to…
(KTRS) – The Wall Street Journal reports that former Cardinals scouting director, Chris Correa, plans to admit to hacking the Houston Astros computer network. Correa was fired in July while the Cardinals were the target of a federal investigation into the alleged hacking. Correa initially confessed to accessing the Astros’ database, but he claimed it was only…
Mayor Francis Slay said that the city would still be willing to work with Kroenke if he were willing to negotiate for a new stadium in earnest
The White House says under the Constitution, the president can’t pardon Avery and Dassey because they were convicted of state crimes, not federal crimes
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) – While Hillary Clinton has been rallying Democrats out West, former President Bill Clinton has been carrying her campaign’s message through Iowa. Next week, when the Democratic front-runner returns to Iowa herself, her daughter, Chelsea, will be courting supporters in New Hampshire. The family tag-team across the early voting states is…