SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Gov. Bruce Rauner was among a group of buyers making a record bid the champion steer at the Illinois State Fair. Rauner and a group calling itself Friends of the Exhibitor on Tuesday paid $104,000 for the 1,324-pound cross-breed Grand Champion Steer named “David L.” The bid bested the previous Illinois…
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Wentzville, MO (KTRS) Construction is underway on Wentzville’s first new city hall in forty years. A groundbreaking ceremony was Tuesday afternoon for the $9.3-million facility. The current city hall on Pearce Boulevard is one of nine buildings that houses city staff. The new facility being build on Schroeder Creek Boulevard will house all departments. City…
CHICAGO (AP) – When Illinois voters head to the polls in November, the first ballot question won’t be for presidential candidates, but a measure aimed at protecting the state’s transportation-related funding from being used for other purposes. The proposed constitutional amendment seeks to prevent money generated through tolls, taxes and other transportation-related sources from being…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Nelly will be performing back in his hometown of St. Louis next year, but the venue is unique. The rapper and the St. Louis Symphony announced Tuesday they will perform together Feb. 3 at Powell Symphony Hall. The symphony says the program will feature “symphonic twists” on Nelly’s hits such as…
BOSTON (AP) – Boston Police Commissioner William Evans says he plans to randomly assign body cameras to 100 officers by September after none of them volunteered for the pilot program. The Boston Globe reports Evans made the comments Tuesday during his monthly “Ask the Commissioner” interview on WGBH-FM’s Boston Public Radio. The move comes after…
(KTRS) – Police say that a woman shot and killed a man during a home invasion in O’Fallon, Missouri. Police were called to the home around noon Tuesday for a burglary in progress. When police arrived the woman, who lives in the home, said she shot the man. Police say they are still investigating the…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s office has issued an opinion stating that privately transmitted emails about government business are subject to disclosure in a case involving Chicago police officers’ discussion of the Laquan McDonald shooting. Open-records advocates say the public access counselor’s binding declaration – combined with a May court opinion…
Illinois raised speed limits on rural interstates from 65 mph to 70 mph at the beginning of 2014
