QUINCY, Ill. (AP) — Gov. Bruce Rauner says the state will spend about $3 million to help build a new water source in a western Illinois community where Legionnaires’ disease has contributed to the deaths of 13 residents of a state veteran’s home. Rauner said Wednesday Illinois will split the cost with the city of…
St. Charles County, MO (KTRS) The Missouri Highway Patrol is investigating after a pedestrian was struck and killed by a police cruiser in St. Charles County. Investigators say at just after 10 p.m.Wednesday, the St. Charles County Police officer was traveling westbound on Interstate 70 in his patrol vehicle when he struck a pedestrian walking…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Legislature has approved a bill aimed at directing more people away from prisons and toward treatment programs. The bill, approved by the House Wednesday 138-11, creates a pilot program in Butler, Buchanan, and Boone counties to treat people struggling with addiction who might otherwise be incarcerated. The bill…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Attorneys for Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens want to be able to publicly question a woman with whom he had an affair, as well as any other witnesses whose testimony could be used to try to impeach him. Lawyers representing Greitens’ office engaged in a sometimes tense and confrontational discussion Wednesday…
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and AMANDA LEE MYERS , Associated Press ALISO VIEJO, Calif. (AP) — A deadly explosion that ripped through a Southern California day spa was a crime, authorities said Wednesday as they tried to figure out why someone would target a business that provided facials, waxing and wrinkle treatments. Authorities declined to say…
By HYUNG-JIN KIM and FOSTER KLUG , Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Wednesday threatened to scrap a historic summit next month between its leader, Kim Jong Un, and U.S. President Donald Trump, saying it has no interest in a “one-sided” affair meant to pressure the North to abandon its nuclear…
Pine Lawn, MO (KTRS) Police reported on Wednesday morning that 76-year-old Fisher Morrow has been found unharmed. Earlier Story: Pine Lawn, MO (KTRS) An Endangered Silver Advisory is in effect for a missing elderly north county man. Police say 76-year-old Fisher Morrow hasn’t been seen since leaving his Pine Lawn apartment in the 4000 block of…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis Police are investigating the city prosecutor’s office handling of the felony invasion-of-privacy case against Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens. Police say the decision to investigate was made after meeting with two of Greitens’ attorneys, who announced earlier Tuesday they would ask for an investigation. The defense attorneys allege that William…
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump visited his wife, Melania, in the hospital Tuesday as she continues to recover after a kidney procedure. Trump said earlier Tuesday that the first lady is “doing really well” and that he expected her back at the White House before the end of…
By JOHN O’CONNOR , AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Eight years after Illinois abolished the death penalty, the state’s Republican governor on Monday proposed reinstating the punishment for mass killers and people who gun down police officers. Gov. Bruce Rauner tied the death penalty plan to gun restrictions favored by Democrats who control…