SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois secretary of state’s office will continue mailing out license plate renewal notices for now, even if Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and the Legislature’s Democratic leaders don’t reach a new budget deal. Dave Drucker, a spokesman for Secretary of State Jesse White’s office, tells the Springfield Bureau of Lee Enterprises…
( KTRS ) Police in North County are investigating a fatal crash. Officers were called around 8pm Tuesday night to the intersection of Union Blvd and Lillian Ave. When officers arrived on the scene they found a two vehicle crash. One of the occupants had been ejected from the vehicle and rushed to hospital, but…
( KTRS ) Authorities across the area are searching for a missing teen girl. Police say 17 yr old Emily Watson, of Clayton, was last seen September 11th in the St. Charles Rock Road area. Emily is described as a white female with black hair, hazel eyes, 5’2″ and weighs 164lbs. She is believed to…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Republican Gov.-elect Eric Greitens has named a top Anheuser-Busch official, Michael Roche, to be his chief of staff. The Kansas City Star first reported the pick Tuesday. Roche is vice president of national affairs for the brewery and worked as a federal lobbyist for the company. Greitens’ former campaign…
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Supreme Court has reinstated the law license of former St. Louis Mayor Freeman Bosley Jr. Bosley’s license was suspended indefinitely in September 2014 over allegations that mishandled clients’ money. Bosley served as St. Louis mayor from 1993 to 1997 and has run a law firm that handles personal…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Outgoing Democratic Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is warning the Democratic Party against veering to the left after the party’s defeats in this year’s elections. Nixon told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the party needs to include those with more centrist values. Nixon says identity politics can lead to exclusion…
(KTRS) –Â The US Census Bureau released their annual population estimates and they show that Missouri and Illinois are heading in different directions. Missouri saw an increase in population–there are an estimated 17,000 new residents in the state. Illinois on the other hand, lost more residents than any other state–but it remains the fifth most populous…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A Missouri appeals court has ordered a new trial for a man sentenced to three decades in prison for infecting another man with HIV and endangering four others with the disease while attending college. A Missouri Court of Appeals panel sided Tuesday with Michael L. Johnson’s claim that the St. Charles…
WASHINGTON (AP) – First lady Michelle Obama tells Oprah Winfrey that this past election was “painful.” Mrs. Obama sat down with Winfrey at the White House for an hourlong special that was broadcast Monday on CBS. On the topic of the recent campaign she said: “This past election was challenging for me as a citizen…