SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The state of Illinois is asking for the public’s help in cracking down on child human trafficking. The Illinois Department of Human Services on Monday said trafficking of children for sex occurs throughout Illinois. The department says it has investigated more than 600 allegations of the crime in Illinois since 2011.…
(KTRS) – Police are asking for help to find a Grafton, Illinois woman who hasn’t been seen in more than two days. Grafton police say that 42-year-old Heather Bardsley went missing late on the night of December 26. She was wearing a grey sweatshirt, blue jeans, and zebra-print rubber rain boots. Anyone with information on…
(KTRS/AP) – Despite a legal victory, the Planned Parenthood clinic in Columbia, Missouri cannot resume abortions. On Monday a judge blocked Missouri from revoking the clinic’s abortion license. The clinic cannot start performing abortions until they find a physician who meets the requirement that a doctor have local hospital admitting privileges.
NASHUA, N.H. (AP) – New Hampshire’s largest newspaper, the Union Leader, is the latest target of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s attacks against the news media. Its offense? A front-page editorial Monday by publisher Joseph McQuaid declaring, “Trump campaign insults NH voters’ intelligence.” Trump says the paper is “failing” and is calling McQuaid a “loser,”…
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration says it’s giving employers who need more time a limited extension for critical reporting requirements next year under the federal health care law. The Treasury Department said Monday it acted after many employers complained they might not be able to get information processed in time. Employers had previously faced…
WASHINGTON (AP) – A senior U.S. official says the first of 17 detainees scheduled to be released from the Guantanamo Bay prison in January will be transferred next week, as the Obama administration continues efforts to reduce the population at the controversial detention center. The official says that another three detainees are slated to appear…
( KTRS ) At a time of the year when both precipitation and the river level typically are low, there could be record crests in some places along the Mississippi. The river already was high due to an unseasonably warm, wet late fall and early winter. 6 to 10 inches of rain have fallen since…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The state of Illinois is asking for the public’s help in cracking down on child human trafficking. The Illinois Department of Human Services on Monday said trafficking of children for sex occurs throughout Illinois. The department says it has investigated more than 600 allegations of the crime in Illinois since 2011.…
PATOKA, Ill. (AP) – A Kentucky couple and their three children headed to visit family in Minnesota have been identified as the weekend drowning victims caught in a rain-swollen southern Illinois creek. Todd County, Kentucky, Coroner Timothy Wells told The Associated Press Monday that Adam Schutt and his wife Erin of Elkton died Saturday night…
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister, the Motorhead frontman whose outsized persona made him a hero for generations of hard-rockers and metal-heads, has died. He was 70; his birthday was on Christmas Eve. Agent Andrew Goodfriend tells The Associated Press that Kilmister died on Monday in Los Angeles after a brief battle with aggressive…