( KTRS ) Gov. Bruce Rauner has repeatedly pledged to save taxpayers money by eliminating some of Illinois’ nearly 7,000 units of government. A task force the Republican governor named to put that idea in motion, is preparing its final recommendations.Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti, the commission’s chairwoman, says its suggestions could make government more efficient…
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. (AP) – A newspaper report says proposed plans to move a federal spy agency’s regional headquarters from St. Louis to Illinois’ Scott Air Force Base have been around for over a decade. Southwestern Illinois and Missouri are competing to house the project. The Belleville News Democrat reports 2005 minutes from…
( KTRS ) Missouri lawmakers are set to question officials in Governor Jay Nixon’s administration on how the state spends money to help refugees. The Legislature set the hearing for today, in response to deadly attacks in Paris and criticism of Nixon’s decision not to join other governors who are trying to block resettlement of…
NORMANDY, Mo. (AP) – It’s been more than 15 months since Michael Brown became a household name after a white police officer shot and killed the black 18-year-old in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson. But Brown’s fame stands in stark contrast to the relative obscurity of his gravesite. The final resting place of the…
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The mayor of Colorado Springs says authorities aren’t ready to discuss a possible motive of the gunman who attacked a Planned Parenthood clinic there but says people can make “inferences from where it took place.” John Suthers says investigators have interviewed 57-year-old Robert Lewis Dear of North Carolina but says…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis has officially canceled its contract for major music festivals that never got off the ground. Aldermen last year agreed to a 10-year contract with Los Angeles-based ICM Partners, giving the company exclusive access to the Gateway Mall over the Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends. ICM had planned “Summer…
HANNIBAL, Mo. (AP) — Mark Twain’s 180th birthday is being celebrated this weekend in his boyhood hometown. The Hannibal Courier-Post reports that a mustache competition and a masquerade mask art show are among the activities planned for Saturday at the Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum. The attraction is located in the northeast Missouri town…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The New Life Evangelistic Center is displaying a new piece of artwork. A dedication ceremony was held on Thanksgiving Day of a statute of Jesus sleeping on a bench. This life size statue was created by Canadian artist Timothy Schmalz. Prior to the ceremony, 250 volunteers served a Thanksgiving Dinner to…
Festus, MO (KTRS) Administrators of a thrift store in Jefferson County are trying to reunite someone with $1200 in cash that is believed to have been accidentally included in some donated items. The money was discovered at the Mers/Goodwill in Festus on November 17th. Store officials say it was likely among items dropped off two…
Belleville, MO (KTRS) The rain is to blame for canceling the Santa Parade in Belleville today. However, Santa Clause will still arrive in Belleville and visit with children at Santa’s House starting at 1 p.m. The Sing-A-Long and “lighting of the fountain” will also still go on as scheduled, but from inside the white tent…