CHICAGO (AP) – The head of security at Chicago’s airports has been fired, just weeks after a passenger was dragged from a United Airlines plane by security officers at O’Hare International Airport. The Department of Aviation said in a statement Thursday that Jeffrey Redding “has been terminated from his duties” at O’Hare and Midway airports.…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The University of Missouri’s Columbia campus has announced revised policies related to protests, with the changes coming nearly two years after the campus was besieged by demonstrations over racial concerns. The new policies announced by university leaders include a commitment to “protecting the rights of expression, assembly, protest, and dissent.” Outdoor…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Flash flooding is a concern with major rainfall expected this weekend. The National Weather Service is calling for three to five inches of rain in the St. Louis area. This has the Missouri Highway Patrol warning motorists to stay off of flooded roadways. Boaters are also encouraged to take precautions. The patrol…
CHICAGO (AP) – Immigrants and their allies are preparing for May 1 rallies nationwide and say there’s renewed momentum to fight back against President Donald Trump’s policies and more collaboration among different advocacy groups. Around the world, union members have traditionally marched on May 1 for workers’ rights. In the United States, the event became…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois Department of Corrections has withdrawn its plan to lay off 124 nurses while continuing to negotiate with the state employees’ union. Corrections spokeswoman Nicole Wilson said Thursday the department had informed the Illinois Nurses Association that it would not remove the nurses June 15. She says prison officials are…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri House members want more information on how much money the state is paying in lawsuit settlements and judgments. House members voted 150-1 on Thursday to pass legislation to require the attorney general and administration commissioner to update lawmakers and others monthly on state legal expenses. The bill comes after…
ST. LOUIS ( KTRS ) St. Louis Police have released the name of the child who was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver on the north side Thursday night. She’s six-year-old Janell Rice of the 45-hundred block of Natural Bridge. Police say she was struck last night at the intersection of Labadie and Norwood.…
SPRINGFIELD, ILL (AP) The Democratic-controlled Illinois Senate has narrowly endorsed a plan requiring presidential candidates to release their tax returns. The proposal would mandate that presidential candidates release five years’ worth of tax returns to appear on the general election ballot in Illinois. Democratic senator and gubernatorial candidate Daniel Biss of Evanston is sponsor of…
COLUMBIA, MO (AP) The four-campus University of Missouri system is proposing raising tuition and required fees of in-state undergraduates by 2.1 percent for the fiscal year that begins in July. System officials consider the increases “modest” and say they’d generate $14.4 million in revenues. The administrators cite “significant financial and budgetary pressures” on the campuses in…
The fight continues after the closure of the New Life Evangelistic Center. Reverend Larry Rice and more than 100 homeless people gathered in downtown St. Louis outside of city hall on Thursday morning to sign a petition, which calls on Governor Eric Greitens to provide a state building for an emergency shelter. After years of…