SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) — Gov. Bruce Rauner calls him “one of the youngest, most effective lobbyists” in Illinois. Hunter Martin’s two-year lobbying effort ended this week when the Republican governor signed a law requiring insurance companies to pay for replacement hearing aids every three yearsfor children under 18. The (Springfield) State Journal-Register reports that the 10-year-old Hunter lost…
CHICAGO, IL (AP) — Illinois’ attorney general is planning to meet with Chicago Archdiocese officials to discuss seven priests with links to the state who were included in a scathing Pennsylvania grand jury report on clergy sex abuse. The report released this month found that about 300 Catholic priests abused at least 1,000 children over the past…
CHICAGO, IL (AP) — Federal health officials say they’ve confirmed more than 500 cases of people who became sick with an intestinal illness after eating McDonald’s salads. The illnesses reported earlier this year are linked to the cyclospora parasite, which can cause diarrhea, intestinal pain, nausea or fatigue. The Food and Drug Administration said Friday…
Jennings, MO (KTRS) A Jennings man is facing charges in the beating death of his girlfriend’s five-year-old daughter. Twenty-eight-year-old Adrian Mobley is charged on several counts, including first-degree murder in the death of A’Yonna Milton. Authorities say Mobley repeatedly hit the child in the head, chest, and abdomen. She was taken to an area hospital…
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and AUDREY McAVOY , Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Sirens wailed while workers piled sandbags in front of hotels and police blared warnings to tourists to leave the world-famous Waikiki Beach as Hurricane Lane barreled north after dumping nearly 2 feet (61 centimeters) of rain on Hawaii’s mostly rural Big Island.…
Berkeley, MO (KTRS) An Endangered Silver Advisory is in effect for a missing elderly woman from Berkeley. Police say 70-year-old Tryvania Thompson, who suffers from memory loss, hasn’t been seen since early Thursday morning. According to the investigation, Thompson went to bed Wednesday night and is believed to have left the home on foot sometime before…
Brentwood, MO (KTRS) An Endangered Silver Advisory is in effect for missing elderly woman from Brentwood. Police say 83-year-old Barbara Dunphy hasn’t been heard from since Thursday afternoon. Dunphy, who suffers from dementia, is believed to have left her residence her blue 2005 Toyota Highlander. Dunphy is described as white, 5 feet 5 inches in…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley says the Archdiocese of St. Louis has agreed to open its files for an investigation of potential clergy abuse. Hawley told reporters in a teleconference Thursday that he is asking the three other Catholic dioceses in Missouri to similarly open their files. Representative of the Diocese…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri mother has been charged with accepting money and cocaine in exchange for letting men sexually assault her 14-year-old daughter who authorities say has cerebral palsy and the mental capacity of a 2- to 3-year-old. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that 49-year-old Renee Collins, of Columbia, was charged Tuesday with…
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER , Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hurricane Lane soaked Hawaii’s Big Island on Thursday, dumping 12 inches of rain in as many hours as residents stocked up on supplies and tried to protect their homes ahead of the state’s first hurricane since 1992. The National Weather Service warned that some areas…