EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) – Police and firefighter pension funds in East St. Louis are suing the cash-strapped city over millions in missed payments. The Belleville News-Democrat (http://bit.ly/1OyakcY ) reports that the city owes the firefighters fund $2.46 million and the police fund $1.21 million. City Manager Alvin Parks Jr. says that East St.…
( KTRS ) A missing 15 yr old from Cleveland, Ohio has been found in a Missouri home where she was held captive by a man she met online. Federal Prosecutors charged 41 yr old Christopher Schroeder on Wednesday with transporting a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity. Authorities say the teen was found…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois House has endorsed a partial spending plan that frees up $1.9 billion for local governments, but also adds money for public safety in a compromise with Gov. Bruce Rauner. Language that releases already-collected tax money for cities and counties for road upkeep and emergency-dispatch services passed Wednesday and moves…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A judge has allowed a Missouri Planned Parenthood clinic to keep its abortion license until at least December 30. U.S. District Judge Nanette K. Laughrey on Wednesday said she’ll block the Department of Health and Senior Services from revoking a Columbia clinic’s license during a legal battle over its licensure.…
(KTRS) – A bill that would require a public voted before any money goes to the proposed NFL stadium, has died in committee. The Convention and Tourism Committee on the Board of Aldermen defeated the bill by a 5-3 vote. Opponents said the call for a public vote may have scared the NFL away from…
(KTRS) – About 3,600 patients in Illinois can now legally purchase medical marijuana. The Illinois Department of Public Health confirms that 300 more patients were approved to take part in the pilot medical marijuana program–that is a larger increase than in recent months. The first dispensaries in the state started selling cannabis on November 9.…
Cosby received the honorary doctorate from the University of Missouri in 1999
Paul Trynka talks about his biography Brian Jones: The Making of the Rolling Stones with the Carney Show.
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) – 2:30 p.m. PT: Police say the attackers who killed an estimated 14 people at a Southern California social services center came prepared with long guns. San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan declined to say what kind of weapons they used at the Inland Regional Center. Burguan says a motive wasn’t yet…
The Carney Show visited with Snoopy Producer Lee Mendelson to chat 50th Anniversary of Charlie Brown Christmas.