CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The nation’s most advanced weather satellite ever awaits a sunset liftoff. NASA is launching the $1 billion GOES-R satellite for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. An unmanned Atlas rocket is scheduled to blast off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 5:42 p.m. Saturday. The satellite will aim for a 22,300-mile-high…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis region’s school desegregation program, one of the longest-running and largest programs in the U.S., will begin winding down under a plan approved by a governing board on Friday. The program that allows black city students to attend schools in the suburbs was granted a five-year extension by the…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s highest court says it won’t intervene in a lawsuit by activists seeking an independent probe of a prosecutor’s handling of grand jury proceedings in the Ferguson police shooting of Michael Brown. The Missouri Supreme Court announced in an order obtained by media outlets Friday that it won’t hear the matter.…
(KTRS) – The man who led the Missouri Republican party since February 2015, is stepping down. Missouri GOP Chairman John Hancock announced today he is leaving the post. His decision comes after Republicans swept statewide races, but he told the Post-Dispatch that a large amount of credit for the wins goes to party executive director…
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) – An 88-year-old election judge from southern Illinois has pleaded not guilty after allegedly sending in an absentee ballot in her late husband’s name. The (Belleville) News-Democrat reports that Audrey Cook appeared Thursday in Madison County Circuit Court. Cook, of Alton, told The Associated Press this month that she filled out the…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – State workers across Illinois put pressure on Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner to negotiate in demonstrations at 120 worksites. The demonstrations Thursday were organized by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, which represents about 38,000 state employees. In Springfield, workers chanted “2-4-6-8, Rauner should negotiate.” In downtown Rockford, about…
St. Louis Police are investigating a double shooting that took place Thursday evening in south city. Homicide detectives were called to the intersection of Shaw Boulevard and Klemm Street around 8:30 p.m. One victim was found shot in the head, another was shot in the chest. At this time no further details have been released.
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) – The firearm deer hunting season has arrived in Illinois. The Belleville News-Democrat reports (http://bit.ly/2fADmOl ) the first part of firearm season runs from Friday morning to Sunday afternoon. Tom Micetich is deer project manager for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. He says hunters should expect the same level of success…
