COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The former chancellor of the University of Missouri’s flagship Columbia campus will get more than $344,000 a year in his new role heading up the school’s research. The Associated Press obtained Loftin’s transition agreement Monday under Missouri’s open records law. It shows that R. Bowen Loftin will earn three-quarters of the…
( KTRS ) Illinois authorities are urging hunters to be safe as firearm deer-hunting season gets underway. The seven-day season starts Friday for a three-day period. A final four-day period starts Dec. 3. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources says there were 20 hunting accidents in all of 2014, with two deaths. Ten of the incidents…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – St. Louis-area taxi drivers suing Uber allege they’ve seen up to a 40 percent dip in business since the ride service began operating in violation of local regulations. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports (http://bit.ly/1MyFoEK ) that drivers Robert Glynn of Laclede Cab, Douglas Uchendi of ABC Cab, and Aaron Vilcek and…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – David Backes had two goals and an assist to lead the St. Louis Blues to a 3-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Monday night. Vladimir Tarasenko added a goal and an assist to help St. Louis snap a two-game skid. Jake Allen made 16 saves and Kevin Shattenkirk added two…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Missouri freshman defensive tackle Terry Beckner Jr. will undergo an MRI for a right knee strain that could sideline him the rest of the season. Coach Gary Pinkel said Beckner will not be on the depth chart for the home finale Saturday night against Tennessee. The 6-foot-4, 300-pound Beckner was carted…
CHICAGO (AP) – Chicago-based immigrant rights groups and advocates are blasting Gov. Bruce Rauner’s decision to temporarily stop accepting new Syrian refugees in Illinois in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in Paris. The Arab American Action Network says the decision creates a “fictitious link” between those fleeing war and violence and those responsible for…
( KTRS ) St. Clair County is upping the ante in the competition with Missouri for a federal spy agency’s new regional headquarters. County officials on Monday said they would more than double the amount of free land adjacent to Scott Air Force Base available for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency relocation project. The county is offering…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon says screening refugees is the federal government’s job and is calling for safeguards following deadly terror attacks in Paris. Nixon in a Monday statement didn’t say he’d block Syrian refugees from settling in Missouri. Republican gubernatorial candidates suburban St. Louis businessman John Brunner, former Navy SEAL…
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois’ U.S. Senate candidates are divided over whether the United States should accept refugees from the crisis in Syria following recent terrorist attacks. Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk said Monday no Syrian refugees should be allowed in the U.S. unless the Obama administration “can guarantee with 100 percent assurance” they aren’t ISIS…
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